Shipping Containers Are Regularly Lost at Sea. What Happens When They Burst Open? October 4, 2024 By Christina Larson, Helen Wieffering and Manuel Valdes Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the...
Big Tech Data Centers Generate Concern Over Scarce Western Water November 15, 2021 By Andrew Selsky and Manuel Valdes Conflicts over water are as old as history itself, but the massive Google data centers on the edge of this...
Big Tech Data Centers Generate Concern Over Scarce Western Water October 27, 2021 By Andrew Selsky and Manuel Valdes Conflicts over water are as old as history itself, but the massive Google data centers on the edge of this...
Washington Tunnel Collapse Renews Safety Concerns over Nuclear Site May 12, 2017 By Nicholas K. Geranios and Manuel Valdes Thousands of workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation were told to stay home as efforts began to plug a hole...
Hurricane Julio Downgraded To Category 1 Storm As It Struck Hawaii August 11, 2014 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Manuel Valdes Hurricane Julio weakened Sunday night as it neared Hawaii, where a rural swath of the Big Island was still coping...
Colorado Flooding: The Silver Lining September 23, 2013 By Ivan Moreno and Manuel Valdes Surging waters in Colorado swept away barns, silos and fences and left houses covered in mud in this northern agricultural...
Temporary Fix Set For Crumpled I-5 Bridge In Washington May 28, 2013 By Manuel Valdes and Mike Baker Washington state plans to install within weeks a temporary fix for an interstate highway bridge that crumpled after being hit...
Legality of Employers Asking Job Applicants For Facebook Passwords Questioned March 22, 2012 By Manuel Valdes and Shannon Mcfarland In their efforts to vet job applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person’s...
2 Worker’s Comp Fixes at Odds in Washington State March 21, 2011 By Manuel Valdes Rep. Mike Sells didn’t mince words. The Everett, Wash., Democrat doesn’t plan to allow a hearing in his committee on...
Lawmakers Look to Help December Flood Victims February 4, 2008 By Manuel Valdes There’s silence in John Brunoff’s Washington dairy farm, except for the sound of a lone worker hosing an empty 5,000-gallon...