Economy Off the Charts: Seattle is the priciest tourist city in the U.S. Should you go to Portland instead? KUOW compared tourist must-haves in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver to find the most affordable city for tourists looking to get that Pacific Northwest experience this summer. Teo Popescu
National The West Coast Heat Has Killed Dozens And Hospitalized More In Canada And The U.S. Heat-related illnesses have sent hundreds of people to the ER across the region as temperatures hit unprecedented highs. British Columbia reported about 100 excess deaths from Friday to Monday. Jaclyn Diaz
Health Come for your shot, Canadians, proposes exclave of Point Roberts, USA As the story of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Pacific Northwest changes from scarcity to surplus, one northwestern Washington community says it is in a unique position to extend a helping hand across the border. Tom Banse
Cascadia bullet train: Go for it or 'kill this thing'? A new government report on high speed rail in the Pacific Northwest recommends that Oregon, Washington and British Columbia formalize their interest in... Tom Banse
U.S.-Canada border closure likely to be 'with us for a while' The most recent extension of the U.S.-Canada border closure expires this Friday, November 21, but no one expects the restrictions to be lifted then.... Tom Banse
Lights, camera, action! 'Hollywood North' revved up despite Covid — and because of it Filming of TV shows and movies is going gangbusters in the Vancouver area this fall, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Tom Banse
Matriarch of Northwest apple industry passes away at age 194. Not a misprint It's not often that you'll read an obituary for a tree. Or that a dead tree gets a memorial service of sorts. But then there aren't many like Vancouver, Washington's "Old Apple Tree." Tom Banse
Environment Sea Otters Can Be Money Makers, But Not Everyone Benefits The return of sea otters to historic habitats can restore ecosystems and bring economic benefits, but hungry otters can also threaten the food security of remote indigenous communities. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Health When my son was 12, he turned violent. Life is just now getting better When my son was 7, we moved to Vancouver, Washington, and life was good for a few years. But then something changed. I don’t know if it was puberty, or the new baby, but he turned violent. Deborah Wang
Environment Canada's Wild Salmon Caravan Connects Future Of Fish And Indigenous People Warming oceans and development threaten the West Coast's wild salmon. So activists started a traveling celebration to draw attention to the plight of the sockeye in Canada's Fraser River. NPR Staff
