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Fire officials ask you not to make a 'tough season' tougher this Labor Day weekend

Fire officials hope to avoid another Labor Day weekend marked by extreme fires.
- Courtney Flatt
Judge rules Klickitat County sheriff's 'dangerous wildlife policy' isn't illegal

Wildlife advocates sued Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer after he deputized hound handlers to track and kill cougars.
- Courtney Flatt
Nest with nearly 1,500 Asian giant hornets destroyed near Blaine

A team outfitted in sting-proof foam suits eradicated a nest of the world’s largest hornets near Blaine, Washington, and the U.S.-Canada border on Wednesday. It is the first Asian giant hornet nest to be destroyed in 2021.
- John Ryan
'Gray skies and that dull orange orb in the sky': The view from NW fire lines

Thousands of firefighters are on the ground in our region, trying to control wildfires that have already consumed hundreds of thousands of acres.
- Angela King
EPA to ban neurotoxic pesticide sprayed on NW apples and Christmas trees

The Environmental Protection Agency is partially banning a pesticide that’s been linked to neurological damage in children and fetuses. For decades, chlorpyrifos has been widely sprayed on apples, pears, Christmas trees and other crops in the Pacific Northwest.
- Eilís O'Neill
Covid makes a rebound, Washington begins planning for refugees, and mosquito anxiety, this week

Bill Radke discusses this week's news with Crosscut Science and Environment Reporter Hannah Weinberger; South Seattle Emerald reporter and co-host of Clap Back Culture on Converge Media, Mike Davis; and Kitsap Sun Military Reporter Josh Farley.
- Alec Cowan
Heat wave likely killed far more people in Washington state than reported

Hundreds more people died in Washington state during the last heat wave than previously reported, new analysis reveals.
- Gracie Todd
How the view from space is helping fight wildfires on the ground

Scientists have discovered they can track fire lines and can quickly draw attention to spot fires using satellites.
- Courtney Flatt
How hot is too hot, Seattle?

Is there a scientific definition of a "heat wave" that applies all over the world? And how might our changing climate affect that?
- Angela King
Hopping into the wild: endangered frog release could help boost only known population in Washington

Northern leopard frogs are rapidly disappearing in the Northwest. Biologists hope this effort will help the population in Washington.
- Courtney Flatt

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