Economy Apr 01 Alaska Airlines cancels dozens of flights as pilots picket over stalled contract negotiations Dozens of flights along the West Coast are being canceled as Alaska Airlines pilots picket during ongoing contract negotiations with the airline.
Science Mar 01 Record-breaking heat wave in 2021 is an example of climate change’s impact in North America A deadly heat wave in the Pacific Northwest last summer offers a glimpse of the types of extreme weather that a United Nations report says will become more common in North America with worsening climate change.
Nation Aug 13 Northwest heat wave spurs help for vulnerable residents Oregon volunteers are scrambling to hand out water to homeless people in Portland's isolated encampments as the Pacific Northwest sweats through a heat wave that is gripping the normally temperate region.
Nation Aug 12 Northwest sizzles as heat wave hits many parts of U.S. People have headed to cooling centers as the Pacific Northwest began sweltering under another major, multiday heat wave.
Nation Aug 11 Pacific Northwest braces for another multiday heat wave People in the Pacific Northwest braced for another major, multiday heat wave starting Wednesday, just over a month after record-shattering hot weather killed hundreds of the region's most vulnerable people.
Nation Jul 29 Wells dry up amid Oregon water woes Dozens of domestic wells have gone dry in an area near the Oregon-California border where the American West's worsening drought has taken a particularly dramatic toll.
Nation Jul 16 Largest wildfire in Oregon expands further; new evacuations Firefighters scrambled on Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous conflagrations across the U.S. West that are straining resources.
Nation Jun 25 Historic heat wave blasts Northwest America as wildfire risks soar Seattle has only hit 100 F three times in recorded history, the National Weather Service said, and there was a chance it could eclipse the record of 103 F (39 C) on Monday.
Nation May 14 Water crisis deepens on California-Oregon line A severe drought is creating a water crisis not seen in more than a century for farmers and federally protected fish along the Oregon-California border.
Politics Mar 24 Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed the logging protections in the last days of the Trump administration amid praise from the timber industry, but President Joe Biden has delayed implementation of the new rules.