Oregon lawmakers are advocating for a bill that would ban non-essential use of toxic chemicals found in common household products.

After the House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown, two Oregon state lawmakers are denouncing proposed cuts — jeopardizing ...

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The last major Cascadia quake struck in 1700, and with an average recurrence interval of 550 years, so that means, the next ...

By Brian Brown, president and partner at food marketing agency Ingredient  For those living on the West Coast of North ...

A flurry of earthquakes in the Seattle area over the last couple of weeks has some residents asking if that means the "Big ...

A string of earthquakes has hit Washington in recent weeks. Are they connected, and do they tell us anything about the odds ...

The 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit at 4:18 p.m. on the Olympic Peninsula, according to the United States Geological Survey.

This is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), ...

Western Washington tends to have a higher risk of earthquakes than the eastern part of the state, since the state’s Pacific ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning near the Orcas Island in northern Washington state. The temblor occurred at about 5 a.m. and was centered near the Washington-Canada border, about 18 ...

This earthquake is larger than much of the recent seismic activity around western Washington, per initial reports.