Electric bills to increase in Seattle next year Electric bills are going up in Seattle. The Seattle City Council has approved a plan that will drive up rates for Seattle City Light customers an... John Ryan
Supreme Court gives tribes a victory over Washington state in salmon case A tie in the U.S. Supreme Court may cost Washington state $2 billion. The court split 4-4 Monday in a long-running court battle between tribes and the... Eilís O'Neill
Eat. Pray. Truck. How a Northwest tribe brings salmon home The Puyallup Tribe welcomed the first salmon of the year back to the Puyallup River in Tacoma on Tuesday. Strangely, perhaps, that chinook's epic... John Ryan
Extinction could be a hot summer away for the little red fish of Lake Sammamish A little red fish that calls Lake Sammamish home is swimming desperately close to extinction. Officials are embarking on emergency measures to keep the... John Ryan
Tribes take Washington to Supreme Court over salmon-blocking culverts Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington law professor Robert Anderson about a U.S. Supreme Court case involving Native American fishing rights... Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Seattle salmon are hopped up on cocaine and pills Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes about a new study that looks at the impact of drugs picked up by juvenile Chinook salmon in... Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Why don’t you see people-sized salmon anymore? While the orcas of Puget Sound are sliding toward extinction, orcas farther north have been expanding their numbers. Their burgeoning hunger for big... John Ryan
Divers' videos capture new suspects in salmon farm collapse Washington state officials are looking at some new suspects in the collapse of an Atlantic salmon farm: sea creatures clogging the floating structure’s... John Ryan
State orders Atlantic salmon farm to shut down after finding 'serious safety problems' More trouble for the Canadian company that let 160,000 of its Atlantic salmon escape into Puget Sound this summer: Washington state officials announced... John Ryan
Puget Sound piracy leaves trail of (salmon) blood Call it Puget Sound piracy. Thieves boarded a floating salmon farm a few saltwater miles from Anacortes on a Saturday night in September. In their wake,... John Ryan
