LEDE: At the Hanford site [in southeast Washington], there are nearly 2,000 capsules filled with radioactive waste. They’re sitting in a pool of water. But if an earthquake hit, it could cause a Fukushima [FOO-kah-sheem-ah]-type disaster. This week, federal workers moved some of the capsules to store them more safely. N-W-P-B’s Senior Correspondent Anna King reports.

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Florence City Council will soon consider whether to take down their automatic license plate cameras, or limit how long data from them can be stored.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and members of the Fishermen’s Wives toured the Coast Guard's rescue helicopter hanger in Newport today [Thursday] and spoke with reporters about the ongoing efforts to keep the helicopter there. KLCC’s Brian Bahouth was there: [SOQ 0:51]

LEDE: More than 100 stainless steel capsules filled with radioactive waste at Hanford [in southeast Washington] got a new home this week. As N-W-P-B’s Senior Correspondent Anna King reports, officials hope it will be safer.

Top officials in Washington state are hoping to forge stronger ties with our neighbors in British Columbia....even as tensions are high between the U-S and Canada.

Ballots are being mailed out Friday ((1/23)) for a special election in Washington state. Many school districts in Southwest Washington will be asking voters to help with education funding.

Ballots are being mailed out Friday ((1/23)) for a special election in Washington state. OPB's Erik Neumann reports, the top issue in Southwest Washington is education funding.

Washington’s governor is requesting more than 20 million dollars from the federal government for disaster relief after December’s record flooding.

KUOW's Casey Martin reports.

After public backlash, the Jackson County Library District will begin negotiating a termination agreement with its director.

An initiative intended to preserve “access to natural gas” is now before Washington's Supreme Court.