A shadow would mean six more weeks of winter, but no shadow means arrival of an early spring. New Groundhog Day Queen Bev Wilhelm joined Bob Brandt at the Groundhog Capitol of Nebraska for the ...

A sea otter off the coast of Vancouver Island is the prime suspect in a string of river otter deaths, according to a local wildlife enthusiast and researcher. Mollie Cameron, who is both a ...

NORTHPORT, Wash. - The town of Northport is nestled on the banks of the Upper Columbia River, just a few miles south of the Canadian border. And for many of the people who live here, it's been ...

Columbia Sportswear is closing its only store in Reno just a couple of years after it opened. Several “Store Closing” signs in big yellow letters could be seen on the windows of the Columbia ...

The top trends of the spring/summer 2025 collections speak not to politics, but to the idea of soft power – of using fashion to influence, beguile, charm, seduce and bewitch. The season as a whole ...

Wearing shades of lavender, blue, orange and green, they brought to mind the palette of a spring day, as well as the colors of the New York Knicks. Ms. Simone, 26, a model and yoga instructor ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a part of the Pacific Northwest that’s more important than the Columbia River basin. Fed by the mighty Columbia and Snake rivers and their many tributaries that ...

Highway 395 overpass crosses West Canal Drive in Kennewick with railroad tracks, Columbia River and Rattlesnake Mountain in the background. Bob Brawdy [email protected] You’d be hard ...

This winter and spring are shaping up to be bad times for the Colorado River, with a federal forecast predicting flows into Lake Powell at barely three-fourths of normal. While snowpack has been ...