Ashley Ahearn
Stories
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Parched Olympic Peninsula Community Eyes New Reservoir
This is the first story in a two-part series on how drought and climate change are changing how the Northwest relies on reservoirs to meet water needs.
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Wildfire Shuts Down Seattle City Light’s Skagit Hydropower (The Reason Is Surprising)
Eight fires have burned more than 4,000 acres in Washington’s North Cascades. The largest of the fires has damaged transmission lines, leading Seattle City Light to shut down power generation at three dams on the Skagit River.
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A New Normal? Concern As Fire Burns Through Washington Rainforest
PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- It’s 6 a.m. and a special team of fire response coordinators is gathered at Port Angeles High School.
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Giant Toxic Algae Bloom Hits West Coast Shellfish
The West Coast is experiencing the largest bloom of toxic algae in more than a decade, prompting wide-ranging closures of commercial crab and shellfish...
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Washington State's Oil Train Traffic Is Shrouded In Secrecy
EVERETT, Wash. – Dean Smith, 72, sits in his car by the tracks north of Seattle. It’s a dark, rainy Tuesday night, and Smith waits for an oil train to...
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Western Governors Hear Federal Drought Aid Is Coming
As the Northwest drought deepens, millions of dollars in emergency federal aid are headed toward stricken states, top Obama administration officials...
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This Sea Snail Is Tasty, Pretty And Poached To The Brink
MUKILTEO, Wash. – In a dark fish tank at a government-run lab, a striking sea snail slowly inches from its hiding spot. It’s a pinto abalone, and its...
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Could Seattle's Bertha Deliver Salmon Salvation?
The tunneling machine known as Bertha has been stuck beneath the Seattle waterfront since December 2013, stalling construction and racking up millions...
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Grays Harbor Considers Hosting Three Oil Terminals, But At What Cost?
HOQUIAM, Wash. — Grays Harbor, with its deep-water berths and fast access to Pacific Ocean shipping routes, has all the ingredients to be a world-class...
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A Republican And A Democrat Walk Into A Bar To Talk Climate Change
Earlier this winter, Ashley Ahearn was growing tired of polarized political debate.