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Western Washington is in the thick of an atmospheric river’s deluge as a “pretty extraordinary” warm and wet air mass continues to soak the region, according to the National Weather Service. To gain a sense of how moisture-laden the atmosphere is, a weather balloon sent from Quillayute Monday afternoon measured 1.41 inches of precipitable water (or the measure of water vapor in a vertical

Two small business owners rooted in Western Alaska have spent hours preparing for a busy holiday season. As consumers gear up for gift-giving during the holidays, they have the chance to shop local and support small businesses. For artists with small businesses, the holiday season kicks off well before the temperature starts to change. Two women from Western Alaska craft pieces that make for

When Sandra Day O’Connor first arrived at the Supreme Court in the fall of 1981, she found it to be a cold place. The other justices were not entirely welcoming to the first woman in their midst. At her first lunch with the justices, half of them did not show up. At her investiture, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger paraded the newly robed O’Connor down the court’s front steps, exclaiming to

The two biggest projects — and recipients of the federal funding — are both in California: the California High Speed Rail project between San Francisco and Los Angeles and Anaheim and a largely private project called Brightline West between Rancho Cucamonga in San Bernardino County on the outskirts of Los Angeles and Las Vegas. On Friday morning, Brian Kelly, the CEO of the High-Speed Rail