Tom Banse
Regional Correspondent
Stories
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Put a (Sue) Bird on it: Specialty license plates in the Pacific Northwest are growing
The options to share your fandom or your love of nature through your car license plate keep growing in Oregon and Washington. But not all license plate...
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'Bowl Of JELL-O Effect' could bring down tall buildings in the Big One, scientists say
A research project to model the effects from a Cascadia megaquake found higher risk of collapse for modern tall buildings than previously thought.
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Could this be the last time you change your clock?
The Washington House of Representatives voted 89 to 7 Saturday in favor of observing daylight saving time year-round.
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Washington State Lawmakers Vote To Make Daylight Saving Time Year-Round
If you're annoyed by having to change the clocks this weekend, take heart. This could be one of the last times you have to go through the time change in Washington.
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Nearly 4,500 older brick buildings in Washington could be dangerous in a quake, new report says
The State of Washington has completed its first statewide inventory of buildings prone to crumble or collapse in an earthquake. The bottom line: There...
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Incentives for electric car buyers? Yes in Oregon, maybe in Washington
Democrats in the Washington Legislature want to revive a tax break for buyers of electric cars, which critics view as wasteful and unnecessary....
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Cattle grazing gives way to big solar farm leases in Central Washington
A Portland-based energy developer has signed property leases for a big solar farm in Klickitat County near the Columbia River. When completed, the solar...
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Clean Electricity Rule To Phase Out Fossil Fuel Plants Moves Closer To Passage In Washington
Electric utilities in Washington would have to phase out all coal power, and eventually, natural gas-fired generation under a measure passed by the state Senate last week. The 100 percent clean electricity mandate is a priority of Gov. Jay Inslee and environmental groups, but Republican critics decried it as a big rate increase in the making.
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Clean electricity rule to phase out fossil fuel plants passes WA state Senate
Electric utilities in Washington state would have to phase out all coal power, and eventually, natural gas-fired generation under a measure passed by...
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Bricks could rain down on your head during the next major quake. These proposals want to fix that
Thousands of old brick, stone and concrete buildings in the Pacific Northwest could crumble in the next strong earthquake. To face that challenge,...