“The dioptra was a kind of surveying instrument,” says James Evans, a physicist and science historian at the University of Puget Sound in Washington State. It “could be used for measuring ...

Several of Mount Rainier’s glaciers are already gone, experts say, and others aren’t far behind. The News Tribune asked what ...

On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, yield new insights into the full scope of Japan's battle plans for the day ...

At $2.8 billion, the project is one of the largest infrastructure investments in Washington state history — and new tolls ...

When Ted Bundy was a child in the 1950s, he hunted for frogs in the nearby swamps in Tacoma, Washington. The young Gary ...

A “No Kings” protest in St Paul, Minn. In Minnesota, where a gunman shot and killed a state lawmaker and her husband and ...

Starting in June, a significant repair project in Seattle will close northbound I-5 for days and reduce the number of open lanes for weeks.

How transit has evolved in our region from connecting places to driving the development of connected communities.

Growing up on Washington state’s Mercer Island in the 1960s and ’70s, the writer Caroline Fraser got used to hearing people puzzle over why the Pacific Northwest was such a hotbed of infamous serial ...

The interior greets you with warm yellow walls that seem to capture and hold the sunlight, even on Washington’s notoriously ...

From coastlines to heartland, new research suggests the very geography of the United States could be dramatically altered by an accelerating climate crisis. Forget static borders – experts are warning ...