SEATTLE (AP) — A group of Pacific gray whales known as the Sounders because they stop over in Puget Sound during their coastal migration is beginning to arrive in the region.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — All but six of Washington state's 39 counties will be in Phase 2 of the state's economic reopening plan as of Sunday, with five new regions meeting the requirements necessary...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Shell Oil Products U.S. has paid a $191,000 fine for the release of pollutants from its Shell Puget Sound Refinery north of Seattle in Skagit County.

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle sent 11 million gallons of untreated storm water and sewage into Puget Sound on Wednesday, King County’s wastewater...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — About 250,000 gallons of partially treated effluent was sent into Puget Sound from Bainbridge Island’s wastewater treatment plant after heavy rainfall temporarily...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Sound Transit officials said Sunday that north line train service for Monday has been canceled after a weekend mudslide was reported between the Mukilteo and Edmonds stations...

SEATTLE (AP) — Western Washington and Oregon are in for a winter wallop this weekend with strong winds, widespread rain in the lowlands, and significant mountain snow to start off 2021.

SEATTLE (AP) — An earthquake with a 3.2 magnitude reported Wednesday southeast of Seattle near Maple Valley is the fourth small quake in the Puget Sound area in the past three days, officials...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network says a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded near Monroe at 2:41 a.m. Monday, and a 2.2 earthquake was recorded at 12:05 p.m. near Carnation....

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a Tulalip Tribal Police Department officer who was reported missing and presumed dead after the boat he was in capsized when a...

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — The Navy has announced it is investing in new environmentally friendly tugboats designed to guide submarines and aircraft carriers through tight spots to and from ports in...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Center for Whale Research has confirmed that another baby orca has been born to a pod of endangered southern resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound.

SEATTLE (AP) — Facebook will buy REI’s new and unused Bellevue campus for nearly $368 million, the social media giant said on Monday.

The move further consolidates Facebook’s domain in the...

SEATTLE (AP) — More than 30 positive confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported from St. Michael Medical Center in Bremerton, located across Puget Sound from Seattle.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard was searching waters off Whatcom and Skagit counties for man reported missing between La Conner and Blaine, according to a press release from the 13th...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. (AP) — In a story August 6, 2020, about the sockeye salmon season for Baker Lake in northwest Washington state, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the season...

OCEAN SHORES, Wash. (AP) — A female humpback whale found beached in Ocean Shores, Washington, Monday appears to have died after suffering blunt force trauma consistent with a ship strike,...

SEATTLE (AP) — Two years of Puget Sound sewage spills totaling more than 6 million gallons have driven the Suquamish Tribe to threaten a lawsuit against King County for the violation of...

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Investigators completed a 10-month inquiry into sexual harassment allegations at a Washington state shipyard that led to 13 people being disciplined and two fired from...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued four people without injuries from rocks and crashing waves after their ship capsized off the coast of Washington state.

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — The Navy announced Wednesday that the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier will come to Bremerton for an overhaul in 2021.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. for land and access to add light rail service.

KENT, Wash. (AP) — A man is recovering in the hospital after he was shot behind a Kent area Rite Aid.

KOMO-TV reports a spokesperson for Puget Sound Fire Department said a man was shot in...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man is recovering after being pinned under a tree that fell on his apartment building, authorities said.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of Puget Sound Energy customers lost power as a cold front moved through western Washington Friday evening.

Nearly 30,000 customers were experiencing power outages...

SEATTLE (AP) — Heavy rain and rising temperatures are expected in western Washington state beginning Tuesday and continuing into Thursday or Friday, forecasters said.

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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Navy on Wednesday agreed to a 10-year moratorium on scraping the hulls of decommissioned vessels in Puget Sound.

KENT, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say two people were found dead following a fire at a mobile home inside a Kent, Washington, trailer park Monday morning.

SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials are warning people to stay away from the area beaches and bodies of water where the region's record-breaking rainstorms have caused sewage spills.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Puget Sound has a 75 percent or greater chance of being struck by a damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a new earthquake danger assessment by the U. S....

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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Puget Sound Energy's liquefied natural gas facility at the Port of Tacoma in Washington state has cleared a final construction hurdle.

SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — Seattle's transit agency has removed its top safety officer as a result of a fatal 2017 train derailment.

The Seattle Times reported the Central Puget Sound Regional...

SEATTLE (AP) — British Columbia's government announced Wednesday amid an international dispute that it will no longer allow timber sales in the Skagit River's headwaters.

SEATTLE (AP) — Fish-farming company Cooke Aquaculture has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a Clean Water Act lawsuit following the collapse of one of its net-pens in 2017.

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials in Washington state say it’s safe to eat squid caught in Puget Sound.

KOMO-TV reported Sunday King County officials recently tested squid from the sound for metals...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Officials from a spill response team have announced that cleanup of refinery oil in Washington state was completed Sunday.

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state officials are monitoring an oil spill at a refinery.

The Seattle Times reports crews scrambled to contain the spill that happened late Friday at the Shell...

SEATTLE (AP) — Coast Guard crews hoisted an injured man from a Canadian naval vessel that was in the northern section of Admiralty Inlet.

The Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound command center in...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Matt Hauser had 13 points to lead five Portland State players in double figures as the Vikings routed Puget Sound 94-69 on Tuesday night in their season opener.

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state fire authority has agreed to pay a woman $100,000 after she was wrongly investigated and charged with first-degree felony arson.