Seattle Genetics climbs after its lymphoma drug brentuximab meets goal in late-stage study

Seattle Genetics cancer drug meets study goal

Federal judge orders revision to Bush spotted owl plan that cut habitat protections

Federal judge orders revised spotted owl plan

NOAA approves reform of West Coast fish harvest, new program to lessen overfishing

NOAA approves reform of West Coast fish harvest

Watercolors and wildlife: North Cascades Institute courses offer arts and outdoors

Mountains inspire in North Cascades art courses

Wash. state’s deal with coal plant to use measures that feds say are not enough to reduce smog

Feds say WA plant deal not enough to reduce smog

US government giving $44 million in federal money to fix badly weakened dam south of Seattle

US gov’t giving $44M to fix weakened Seattle dam

Gov. Gregoire, Wash. state officials lobby Obama administration for speedy Hanson Dam fix

Wash. governor, officials lobby for speedy dam fix

Seattle-area garbage workers go on strike against Waste Management

Seattle-area garbage workers go on strike

SEATTLE — Seattle-area garbage workers represented by Teamsters union Local 174 parked their trucks Wednesday and picked up picket signs calling Waste Management Inc. unfair for refusing to bargain on a new labor contract.

To save fish, Washington becomes first state to try to phase out copper in brake pads

Washington state moves to ban copper in brake pads

Moses Lake, Wash., selected as site of plant to make carbon fiber parts for high-tech BMW

Moses Lake, Wash., selected for BMW parts plant

EPA to consider how states can address rising acid levels in oceans after lawsuit settlment

EPA to allow states address rising ocean acidity

EPA settles lawsuit, will consider how states can address rising acid levels in oceans

EPA to let states address rising ocean acidity

Coast Guard: Polar Star icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013, after retrofit in Seattle

Coast Guard: Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013

US plastic bag fee forces question from ‘paper or plastic?’ to ‘pay or no bag?’

Plastic bags in US _ to pay or not to pay?

Rescuers struggle to reach climber who fell into dormant Mount St. Helens crater

Rescuers struggle to reach man in Mount St. Helens

A year after worries over killer whale deaths, Washington’s awash in newborn orcas

Is Washington’s orca baby boom a fluke?

SEATTLE — A little over a year after researchers feared a drop in the Northwest’s endangered killer whale population meant disaster, the number of orcas has bounced back with six new babies and no whales lost.

Expert in bio-genetics is new head of agriculture program for Gates Foundation

Gates Foundation picks new head of ag program

Environmental groups working to keep what they have as Washington state Legislature opens

Wash. enviro groups have modest legislative agenda

The holly and the ivy inspire no praise in Pacific Northwest forests

No praise sung for holly, ivy in Northwest forests

Ever-faster and smarter devices loom in the 2010s _ can they tame information overload?

Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s

Rare conifer cut down in Seattle Arboretum may be impossible to replace

Rare conifer cut down in Seattle Arboretum

Mare’s field goal on final play sends Seahawks to 20-17 win over Smith, inopportune 49ers

Mare’s FG as time expires wins it for Seahawks

Seattle Genetics receives $12 million in expansion of partnership with Astellas

Seattle Genetics gets $12 million in Astellas deal