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Community

Skagit County man helps Hurricane Helene victims

Infrastructure

Power to the people: PSE upgrades electrical grid in vulnerable community

Widespread improvements are coming to Skagit County to increase reliable power.
Disaster

25 years later: Victims killed in Olympic Pipeline explosion remembered

Three people died after more than 277,000 gallons of gas flooded Whatcom Creek.
Disaster

Cascadia Subduction Zone caused major Washington earthquake 324 years ago

The last time the Cascadia Subduction Zone caused a major earthquake and tsunami was in 1700.
Disaster

How the Cascadia Subduction Zone works

Here's how the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the Washington state coast works.
Disaster

Clallam County emergency planners launch post-holiday wish list for disaster preparedness

They're hoping to make preparedness easier and less stressful for people.
Disaster

Clallam County emergency planners launch post-holiday wish list for disaster preparedness

Clallam County Emergency Management is hoping to make preparedness easier and less stressful for people.
Disaster

Washington state and Canada agree to work together on Nooksack River flooding

The agreement comes nearly two years since floods caused more than $1 billion in damages between the two countries.
Wildfire

New firefighting recruits train as wildfire seasons grow longer and hotter

Three of the biggest wildfires in state history have happened over the past nine years. Fire officials warn people about becoming complacent.
Disaster

New leadership at the northwest region of the American Red Cross

Regional Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Northwest Region Megan Dulgar talks about her role
Disaster

The deadliest volcanic eruption in US history happened 43 years ago

Fifty-seven people were killed when Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. It is the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history.
Wildfire

Feds send $930 million to help Forest Service curb 'crisis' of US West wildfires

Under a strategy now entering its second year, the U.S. Forest Service is trying to prevent fires that start on public lands from raging through communities.