Chinook News

By Howard Garrett As mentioned in an earlier post , on Nov. 23 Judge James A. Redden held a hearing in Portland that could lead to implementation of the Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion within a few months.

Island County will get grants totaling more than $1.1 million to help salmon recover efforts.

Redmond High School has plans to create a memorial to honor alumni of the school killed in military service to their country.

Seattle's new little Star and her family visited Vancouver Island Why the Center for Whale Research, which historically has preferred to use a number for the whales, named this latest calf 'Star': "On November 11, 2009 a brand new baby whale was seen in J pod swimming next to its mother at mid-day near the west side of San Juan Island.

An overnight storm targeted Pacific County with strong winds and heavy rain, knocking out power to about 11,000 customers and blocking roads with downed trees and power lines.

The Department of Defense says a 40-year-old Spokane soldier is among the seven victims of Monday's Army helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

The food writer M.F.K. Fisher once wrote: "Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly." If you eliminate all the complexities of politics and special interests, taking care of the Sound is about having enough to eat.

Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans on Monday in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years.

It was whale-watcher paradise at Bush Point during the weekend as the local mammal population continued its annual fall travels.

"It looks like something out of 'National Geographic,'" says John Koenig, who runs John's Guide Service out of the community of Rockport on the Skagit River.

Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native, Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, and has been covering fishing and outdoors for more than 18 years for The Seattle Times.

The following are excerpts from the Pioneer & Democrat newspaper from this week in 1859.

An attorney representing North River Boats Inc. owner Brian Brush asked for a delay so Brush could be evaluated to see if he's competent to stand trial, court officials said this afternoon.

Joe Serka began making wine as a hobby about 20 years ago but it took until his 2006 layoff before he decided to take in seriously.

The arraignment of North River Boats Inc. owner Brian Brush, who is accused of first-degree murder with aggravating factors, has been delayed for two weeks.

City Watch City government works for the people of Renton. Ia ll help explain the inner workings of your government, let you know what the City Council is up to and, occasionally, weigh in with my own opinion.

For more than a century, the only evidence of Charles Wesley Cooley's life was grave marker No.

The Skagit River pink salmon run is expected to have 1.2 million fish this year, the offspring of the large pink run of 2007.

WHEN IN DOUBT, blame the newbie. There was certainly a lot of that going on after the state closed chinook fishing inside the Strait of Juan de Fuca nine days early last week.

Anglers will be able to retain adult sockeye salmon in Lake Osoyoos from Friday, Aug.