Ready For a Scorching Summer of Sizzle in WA, OR & CA
The hot weather, especially when is slams the earth with a long heat wave can have a big impact on the already strained electricity grid.
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Demystifying Winter Weather Terms: You Need To Know In Washington
Confused about winter weather terms in Washington State? Learn what a blizzard, blowing snow, and drifting snow really mean in this helpful guide!
Yakima Snowfall In 24 Hours Challenges All-Time Record
Yakima's eight inches of snowfall in the last day is a pretty heaping helping for one sitting, it does not come near the all-time record for most snowfall in a 24 hour period.
NOAA Reminding People Not to Touch or Pick Up Seal Pups
SEATTLE (AP) — As harbor seals are born in the Pacific Northwest, marine mammal advocates are urging people not to touch or pick up pups that come up on beaches and shorelines to rest.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that at least five times this season, well-meaning people have illegally picked up seal pups in Oregon and Washington thinking they were abandoned or neede
U.S. Sorghum Exports to China Increases; U.S. West Drought Outlook Not Good
Just halfway through the 2014-2015 marketing year - U.S. sorghum exports to China are continuing at a record pace from last year’s record of 165-million-bushels with accumulated exports and sales of 260-million bushels so far. U.S. Grains Council Manager of Global Trade Alvaro Cordero says China accounts for more than 80-percent of total U...