For decades agricultural waste and manure was dumped into this lake, which has caused issues for the city today.

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. — In August of 1892, Captain Peter G. Minch was taking his family on a summer cruise en route to Two Harbors, Minnesota, on the Western Reserve. Captain Minch, a ...

A Washington Post analysis shows that some officials knew of the fire’s westward spread hours before evacuation orders were sent to residents in western Altadena. A shortwave infrared satellite ...

In August 1892, the Western Reserve was sailing across Lake Superior when it got caught in a late summer storm. The 300-foot vessel was roughly 60 miles north of Whitefish Point when a powerful gale ...

A series of Pacific weather systems promises periods of rain across Western Washington this weekend, with plenty of snow in the mountains. Friday will bring scattered showers with some sun breaks ...

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is imposing permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around Washington's Reagan National ...

Tom Trbojevic says a rare uninterrupted pre-season has allowed him to eliminate self-doubt and regain confidence in his game and body.

Born well over a century ago on the former Phinney estate (of Phinney Ridge fame), the state’s biggest zoo by animal count draws more than a million visitors in a normal year. This is a zoo so classic ...

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.

REDMOND, Wash. — Several dental offices in the Western Washington area have received threatening letters in the mail. The messages in those letters are disturbing, but whoever wrote and sent ...

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