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PHOTOS: Seattle area blossoms into spring

Spring has sprung in Western Washington, and the sun is officially setting after 8 p.m. KUOW's Megan Farmer and Juan Pablo Chiquiza set out to document the essence, feeling, and hues of springtime in our region.
- Juan Pablo Chiquiza
Another year, another drought emergency declared in Washington state

As Washington's current snowpack conditions become worse than last year, a statewide drought emergency has been declared. It's the fourth drought emergency for the state in as many years.
- Dyer Oxley
Northwest starts to feel the heat following un-snowy winter

Fire experts are bracing for a bad summer for wildfires around the western United States, a sneak peek of conditions in years ahead as the earth’s climate continues to warm.
- John Ryan
Why allergy season in the Northwest is nothing to sneeze at

There are a couple of ways to tell it’s spring in Seattle: The cherry blossoms and flowers are blooming — and so are your allergies.
- Sami West
Photos: It's (finally) snowing in Seattle

After the warmest December on record in Washington state, coupled with record-level rain and flooding, snow finally reached the central Puget Sound region on Friday — including in Seattle, Everett, and Bremerton.
- KUOW Staff
Major snow dump buoys Northwest skiers, can’t undo snow drought

What is expected to be the snowiest week of the year following an otherwise dismal winter is lifting spirits of those who love or rely on snow in the Pacific Northwest.
- John Ryan
Warm winter liquidates nearly half of Washington state snowpack

Washington state’s snowpack held just 52% of its normal volume of water on Thursday, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- John Ryan
We are really good at predicting the weather, actually

Winter storms this week have shattered records, taken lives, and forced people to hunker down at home from Texas to Maine. The ability to forecast weather this severe days in advance helps people prepare, and get to safety when they can. Today's detailed and precise forecast models are only possible because of data — data that meteorologists have gathered and analyzed for decades with increasingly vast reach and sophisticated technology.
- Teo Popescu
Big snow hits Washington Cascades, 2 to 4 feet expected by Thursday

If you’ve been praying for fresh powder in the mountains, apparently, someone is listening.
- KUOW Staff
Another section of Highway 2 between Skykomish, Stevens Pass to reopen this weekend

A normally busy stretch of Highway 2 between the town of Skykomish and Stevens Pass will reopen this weekend, Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday.
- Noel Gasca

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