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1 month ago | 
theolympian.com | Genevieve Belmaker |Daniel Schrager
Winter isn’t over yet, but Olympia is set to get a brief streak of sunny and relatively mild weather. On the heels of a Pineapple Express that brought heavy rain, winds and power outages to the region, Olympia is expected to see sunny to partly sunny skies through Saturday, March 1. Temperatures are predicted to reach the low 60s on Thursday, Feb. 27 and Friday, Feb. 28.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
msn.com | Rosemary Montalvo |Daniel Schrager
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
thenewstribune.com | Daniel Schrager |Rosemary Montalvo
TikTok could be banned in the U.S. if its parent company doesn’t sell the platform by Jan. 19. Olivier Bergeron via Unsplash With a 9-0 decision on Friday, Jan. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a nationwide ban on the social media platform TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells the app by Sunday, Jan. 19. The ban, approved by Congress in March, was signed into law in April.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
bellinghamherald.com | Daniel Schrager
A red-winged blackbird swoops in for a landing on a bird feeder. Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald The H5 avian influenza has proven highly contagious and deadly in birds. While the same effects haven’t yet been found in infected humans, health officials are closely monitoring the virus for potential developments. So far, Washington has seen 11 confirmed cases of the illness and three suspected cases as well, according to the state’s Department of Health.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
bellinghamherald.com | Daniel Schrager
The Washington State Department of Health now classifies the state’s flu activity as “very high.” The Good Brigade GettyImages While it got off to a late start this year, flu season is in full swing in Washington, following a December surge. The most recent weekly flu update published by the Washington State Department of Health called transmission levels “very high” as the state surpassed 480 confirmed cases two weeks in a row.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
chronline.com | Daniel Schrager
The devastating wildfires in California have brought reports that insurers had recently dropped the policies covering thousands of Los Angeles area homes to the forefront. In the wake of the fires, Washingtonians might be wondering if something similar could happen to them in the event of a natural disaster in the Pacific Northwest. We reached out to Washington state’s insurance commissioner’s office to find out. Here’s what they had to say.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
bellinghamherald.com | Daniel Schrager
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County on Jan. 8, 2025. Courtesy of Cal Fire The devastating wildfires in California have brought reports that insurers had recently dropped the policies covering thousands of Los Angeles area homes to the forefront. In the wake of the fires, Washingtonians might be wondering if something similar could happen to them in the event of a natural disaster in the Pacific Northwest.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
bellinghamherald.com | Daniel Schrager
A walker dodges puddles while trying to shelter from the wind and rain in Spanaway, Washington, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. Tony Overman [email protected] It took longer than expected, but on Thursday, Jan. 9, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared that the criteria for the La Niña weather pattern have been met. The phenomenon, characterized by the cooling of the equatorial Pacific, can impact the weather across much of the world.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
bellinghamherald.com | Daniel Schrager
Los Angeles is coated in smoke as four wildfires burn in the area. Erik Scott Los Angeles Fire Department Multiple fires has ravaged southern California this week, forcing over 100,000 people to evacuate. From businesses with offices in both states to people who have lived in both places, California and Washington share myriad connections. That means a lot of travel happens between the Golden and Evergreen states.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
bellinghamherald.com | Daniel Schrager
Puget Sound Energy in Bellingham, Wash. Rachel Showalter The Bellingham Herald The text messages and emails are ubiquitous for Puget Sound Energy customers in western Washington.
