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Washington state

June 2024

  • A large dam near green hills.

    US admits dams in Pacific north-west have devastated Native Americans

  • This photo provided by the Washington Department of Ecology shows a derailed BNSF train on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes, Wash. on March 16, 2023. A federal judge on Monday, June 17, 2024 ordered BNSF Railway to pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across its reservation. (Washington Department of Ecology via AP)

    Rail firm must pay Native American tribe $400m for illegal crude oil trains

  • FILE - Two Makah Indian whalers stand atop the carcass of a dead gray whale moments after helping tow it close to shore in the harbor at Neah Bay, Wash., May 17, 1999. Earlier in the day, Makah Indians hunted and killed the whale in their first successful hunt since voluntarily quitting whaling over 70 years earlier. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

    Native American tribe wins right to hunt gray whales off Washington coast

  • Police offers at a crime scene in front of Big 5, a sporting goods store in a strip mall

    Washington teen returning replica gun to store shot dead by security guard

  • William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut known for Earthrise photo, dies in plane crash

  • My DIY climate hack
    Chainsaws for all! I live on a rural island where we share all our tools

May 2024

  • A bridge is surrounded by trees and mountains.

    Teenager survives 400ft fall from Washington state canyon

  • Person wearing orange jacket sits at desk in front of stack of newspapers

    A Black newspaper in Washington state gets a second life: ‘We can’t let the Black Lens die’

  • collage of pictures showing ricky, kelsey and lauren davis

    Is it right to force someone into rehab? The man whose life inspired a landmark law

  • Two pigs with muddy faces on farm.

    Mobile butchers mistakenly kill family’s pet pigs in Washington state

  • America’s unseen book bans: the long history of censorship in prisons

  • Zebra on the run in Washington state for six days finally captured

  • Animals on the run: from a runaway racehorse to an escaped circus elephant – video

April 2024

  • a wild horse in an open field

    ‘Incredible’ news for bears and wild horses as US shifts preservation plans

  • The escaped Zebras ran past cars while a police car followed closely behind

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    Zebras on the loose: escapees seen running from authorities on US road – video

  • a zebra

    Rodeo workers help Washington police round up runaway zebras on interstate

  • Close-up of naloxone held by person in hands

    Baby dies and two others hospitalized in fentanyl overdoses in Washington state

  • Three Indigenous American tribes to get funding to manage ocean and coasts

  • Killing owls to save owls: the US wildlife plan that sparked an ‘ethical dilemma’

  • Man with megaphone who led Capitol rioters gets more than seven years in prison

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