When beavers build dams, they help create habitat for other species. But when they build near humans, those dams aren’t always appreciated. N-W-P-B’s Rachel Sun reports on how some humans are trying to strike a balance between their needs and the beavers’.

Seattle public health officials say three King County residents have been *POSSIBLY exposed to the Hantavirus strain that hit a cruise ship this month.

After months of turmoil, the superintendent of the Bandon School District has resigned.

There’s been a major shakeup in leadership at the Bandon School District, after the superintendent submitted her 60-days’ notice and two board members resigned.

The U-S Bureau of Land Management is following through with a proposal to eliminate the so-called “Public Lands Rule.”

Eugene Police officials have identified the now EX-officer heard using racist and offensive language in a bodycam video that was shared this weekend. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports:

Hundreds of Western Washington residents may be eligible for special unemployment payments if they lost work due to December's extreme storms and floods.

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There’s a new kind of fish passage on the Cle Elum [Clay-ELL-um] River Dam, near Roslyn [ROZZ- linn] just east of the Cascades.

A new form of fish passage is bringing hope to the Yakima tribe and other communities in the Columbia River system.

HOST LEDE: For years, the Yakama Nation has fought to protect a sacred area in southcentral Washington from development. They say a proposed energy storage project will destroy this area, known as “mother of all roots.” N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt went to a ceremony there.