Seattle Now: Baby orca? The orca called Tahlequah brought new attention to the threats facing killer whales when she carried the body of her calf for more than two weeks. Now she's pregnant again, and the world is crossing its fingers for a new baby. Clare McGrane
Searching for climate and inequity hot spots, by car Fifteen cars with blue snorkels jutting up from their passenger windows drove all around King County on Monday. John Ryan
Bear News: An interview with Chris Morgan On the conservation roller coaster, good and bad news for grizzly bears. Chris Morgan
Aging Dams Across The U.S. Pose Catastrophic Risks A dam that failed in Michigan in May isn't the only one at risk — thousands of aging dams nationwide are not just in poor shape but weren't built for today's heavier rains caused by climate change. David Schaper
Northwest Clean-Energy Advocates Eye Pumped Hydro To Fill Gaps, With Tribes Noting Concerns Looking over the edge of a Columbia River Gorge slope, you can see the river more than 2,000 feet below. A former aluminum smelter sits to the left at... Courtney Flatt
Inslee puts Chehalis dam on hold, calls for non-dam fixes for river's woes Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has put a proposed dam on the Chehalis River on hold. John Ryan
Forecaster Issue Advisories On 3 Tropical Storms It's already been an active start to the Atlantic hurricane season with several records set for the earliest number of named storms. Now the tropics are firing up again. Greg Allen
U.S. Disaster Response Scrambles To Protect People From Both Hurricanes And COVID-19 Hotel rooms would be "ideal" for housing an overflow of evacuees from shelters practicing social distancing, but few towns have them lined up in the southeast, where coronavirus infections are raging. Abby Wendle
Whales Get A Break As Pandemic Creates Quieter Oceans A drop in shipping traffic is reducing underwater noise, so scientists are listening for how whales and other marine life are responding. Lauren Sommer
60-year-old Washington state dam is being blasted to pieces to let fish swim free Once the crews have finished their work, the Nooksack Dam will be gone, and Chinook salmon and other fish will be able to travel to the river’s upper reaches. Eilís O'Neill
