Attention to restoring the Puget Sound chinook salmon population, of which Skagit River fish are a major component, continues to grow.

Plans are under review for the proposed relocation of a section of the Olympic Pipeline where it crosses Colony Creek in Bow.

From Whatcom County where Seattle City Light's three Skagit River dams are located to Seattle where the public utility is headquartered, lawsuits are stacking up as relicensing of the century-old hydroelectric project gets underway. 

A leak Tuesday afternoon at the Shell Puget Sound Refinery at March Point led to an evacuation of employees. 

On the heels of an announcement that three Southern Resident orcas are pregnant comes word that a mother and grandmother orca of L pod is presumed dead.

The black-bodied, orange-billed tufted puffin can be difficult to find not only because it’s a seabird that spends most of its time bobbing on the water and obscured by waves, but also because its population has plummeted in Washington.