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Contaminated wells near Yakima Training Center getting filter fix from the Army

The U.S. Army wants to install filters to help clean up contaminated well water in Central Washington. First, people need to fill out specific paperwork.
- Courtney Flatt
Why the billions spent fixing Washington culverts may not be saving many salmon

Washington state will spend an estimated $7.8 billion on restoring salmon habitat by 2030, according to a new Seattle Times report. But the potential outcome of all that spending is as murky as a stream full of silt.
- Libby Denkmann
Olympic National Park cabins demolished before they fall into Pacific Ocean

Construction crews started removing seven cabins from a crumbling bluff in the thin strip of Olympic National Park that hugs the Pacific Coast on Monday.
- John Ryan
New golden eagle to provide Yakama Nation with sacred ceremonial feathers

Golden eagle feathers are sacred in many cultures. The Yakama Nation aviary is now home to a 1-year old golden eagle. That’s a big deal because it’s hard to get those feathers legally from the federally protected birds.
- Courtney Flatt
El Niño is 'on the wane.' What is in the forecast for Washington?
- Dyer Oxley
Washington holds first carbon auction of 2024, with program's future in doubt

A ballot initiative aiming to stop Washington state from charging for carbon pollution is already reshaping the state’s carbon market.
- John Ryan
An invasive species, on San Juan Island?

Officials with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife say that an invasive species was "almost certainly" placed in local waters in violation of state law.
- Dyer Oxley
Seattle scientist, conservationist Estella Leopold dies at 97

Seattle scientist and conservationist Estella Leopold has died at the age of 97.
- John Ryan
Lindy and Meagan Have Died of Dysentery

This week on Text Me Back, the greatest podcast in the history of media, Lindy and Meagan dive into their texts to share some hard truths: Tom Cruise is great! Chris Pratt is actually funny?? Sorry, discourse, but we need to discuss our problematic faves. And, your intrepid hosts have departed Independence, Missouri with nothing more than a dream, a covered wagon, a dimwitted guide and an unhygienic missionary…that’s right, Oregon Trail is back, baby, and weirder than ever. Will Lindy and Meagan make it to the Willamette Valley without dying of dysentery? Tune in to find out. Finally, Lindy -- president of the weird snake fan club -- is at long last bringing us hot snake news all the way from the Amazon. Someone has allegedly found an enormous anaconda, but viewers of the hit 1997 film ANACONDA starring Jennifer Lopez already knew all about it.
- Lindy West
Tribes, governments sign historic agreement that's a 'path forward' for salmon, dams

After decades of fighting to protect salmon and steelhead, Northwest tribal leaders signed a historic agreement with state and federal officials – the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative.
- Courtney Flatt

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