Oceans

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Why didn't OceanGate's CEO heed warnings before the fatal Titan sub implosion?

It’s been a year since a Washington-made sub imploded on a dive to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board, including Stockton Rush, the founder and CEO of OceanGate, the Everett-based company that made the sub. Now, an investigative report in WIRED magazine details questionable decisions made by Rush in the years leading up to the Titan crash.
Hans Anderson

Stephen Howie

Libby Denkmann
Almost a year after fatal dive to the Titanic, questions remain

Nearly a year after the Titan submersible made its final fatal dive, investigators are still working to determine exactly what happened.
Kate Walters
Troubled fishing boat successfully raised from sea floor off San Juan Island

Salvage crews have successfully raised a 48-foot fishing boat that had sunk near the northwest tip of San Juan Island.
John Ryan
2 tons of cocaine, 1 whale-stranded sailor: Coast Guard cutter’s haul

A Coast Guard cutter from Port Angeles plucked six smugglers and one unlucky sailor from the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
John Ryan
Extra-low (and high) tides coming to Puget Sound this week

Extra-low tides on Puget Sound May 8 to May 12 bring opportunities to witness sea stars and other colorful creatures along local shorelines.
John Ryan
Meaty razor clams bring profits, protein to Quinault Nation in Washington state

Thousands of Washingtonians are expected to head to the beach to dig up razor clams for food and fun in March and April.
John Ryan
Olympic National Park cabins demolished before they fall into Pacific Ocean

Construction crews started removing seven cabins from a crumbling bluff in the thin strip of Olympic National Park that hugs the Pacific Coast on Monday.
John Ryan
How a Northwest tribe is escaping a rising ocean

In a mossy stretch of forest on Washington state’s outer coast, streets and sidewalks have appeared in recent weeks.
John Ryan
Warm-water turtle rescued from Salish Sea after fishermen find her stunned by cold

A loggerhead sea turtle, usually found in warmer waters farther south, was rescued from the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
John Ryan
Quinault Tribe builds new village site away from rising seas

Construction crews have installed streets, sidewalks, and utilities for a neighborhood of 59 homes out of reach of ocean waves.
John Ryan

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