1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (649+ words) A great egret stalks the banks of a ditch next to the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company on Sunday in Longview. (Nick Wagner / The Seattle Times) A vehicle drives through water being released into a ditch in an effort to combat…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1773+ words) Two decades ago, very few people knew about data centers. The concept of artificial intelligence mostly existed as science fiction, a la the HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey." And the touchscreen smartphone hadn't been released yet. The Central Washington…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (442+ words) Crews from the city of Longview opened fire hydrants and send the water down the drains in the street in Longview on Wednesday. On Tuesday a tank containing hazardous liquid at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. imploded causing deaths and injuries....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (789+ words) Microsoft's support of Washington's journalism fellowship program, which I wrote about last week, is welcome but raises delicate questions. I posed a few of them to Teresa Hutson, corporate vice president and general counsel of Microsoft's Technology and Services Group....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (789+ words) Microsoft's support of Washington's journalism fellowship program, which I wrote about last week, is welcome but raises delicate questions. I posed a few of them to Teresa Hutson, corporate vice president and general counsel of Microsoft's Technology and Services Group....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (520+ words) Every year, without fail, I am in awe as if it's my first time seeing blooming lupine. I become incapable of driving past any hills without slowing down dramatically and "oohing" and "ahhing." The species most people are seeing around…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (337+ words) On April 26, 1986, the world experienced the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history: the explosion and fire of reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The accident was caused by a combination of design flaws of the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (114+ words) Mabton water study Yakima Herald-Republic Central Washington University graduate student Abe Nelson presents a two-phase water testing plan to Mabton residents Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Mabton, Wash. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (36+ words) FIRA USA Yakima Herald-Republic An autonomous sprayer is demonstrated at FIRA USA's 2025 event in California. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language....

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (316+ words) The digital economy has led to a U. S. trade surplus in services on the order of around 1% of gross domestic product. Yet recent advances in artificial intelligence have exposed new vulnerabilities that place every cyber system at risk of disruption. This…...