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Heron's Key residents raised $750,000 over seven years to pave a path around two retention ponds in Gig Harbor.
The 1-pound baby, born to parents Nigel and Quillow, sports bright reddish-orange hair that will fade to black and white.
The $14 million deal protects a watershed serving 1.6 million residents and clears the way for trails and parkland along SR-169.
Marty Bluewater, the only person living on Protection Island, says he supports handing the wildlife refuge to the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe.
A new acoustic study found zero spotted owl calls in Washington's Cascades north of Seattle, as invasive barred owls dominate the region.
A single sea otter has lingered in kelp beds near Friday Harbor for over a month, a rare sight in the inland San Juan Islands.
Naturalist Kersti Muul reports the pod moving north along West Seattle's shoreline, close enough to spot from land.
Crews began tearing out the aging equipment this week at the North 8th and North K Streets pocket park, with new covered swings kids can crawl inside on the way.
Kelly Selzler is only the 17th woman to finish the legendary Bulger List, capping it off atop the treacherous Mox Peaks.
Graham’s Frontier Park is adding a 27,000-square-foot equestrian cover, with a public ribbon cutting scheduled for this Friday.
Seattle Public Schools wants a Lincoln High athletic field in Lower Woodland Park, but neighbors and tree advocates say the plan would remove dozens of mature trees ahead of a July 23 hearing.
A Tacoma dock was closed July 22 after a harbor seal pup hauled out; Parks Tacoma and NOAA urged people to give the animals at least 100 yards of space.
A coyote jumped a fence in Edmonds and dragged a small dog into nearby woods Sunday night, prompting a police search and renewed warnings from animal-control officials.
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