For more than three days, fire crews have worked to address a lithium-ion battery fire in La Verne that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents ...

Senate Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said Thursday that the process of papering, ...

While the DC Comics Batman was born in Gotham City, the actor who brought the iconic superhero to life on television was born in Walla Walla. To celebrate his 98th birthday and the legacy of its ...

The shooting of a security guard at the Valley Transit Transfer Center downtown Walla Walla does not appear to be a random shooting, according to the Walla Walla Police Department. The shooting ...

For proponents of solar energy, the fields of panels that increasingly dot Indiana landscapes are essentially an expansion of the state’s agricultural production. Instead of harvesting crops for ...

One of the last remaining newspaper presses in Washington is closing this month, leaving just one in the state's eastern half. The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, a subsidiary of The Seattle Times, will ...

Jadon Nicoara was hiking through Alaska’s remote North Slope wilderness on the morning of his 27th birthday when a brown bear charged and mauled him so severely he thought he would die. Nicoara, who ...

Verge’s Southington Solar One project along East Street is seen on Friday, July 10, 2026. The 31-acre solar photovoltaic farm was commissioned in 2022 and has a 4.725 MWAC capacity. Credit: Sarah ...

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — A Walla Walla man is thankful to be alive after surviving a bear attack while hunting in a remote part of northern Alaska last week. Jadon Nicoara was hunting with his cousin, ...

The Seattle Times’ Climate Lab explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by the Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte ...

A pilot program placing solar panels between the rails has proven successful enough that the idea is spreading to Italy, France and Korea. By Quinn Glabicki More than 3,000 miles of railways ...

LANSING, MI - Michigan law allowing renewable energy developers to bypass local opposition by seeking approval for sprawling solar and wind farms at the state level has passed its first test. State ...