The World Cup starts today, and the first game in Seattle is Monday. Some people are thrilled. Others, not so much.

Researchers spent years developing pitches for World Cup stadiums across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The fields are mostly natural grass reinforced with artificial blades.

University of Washington astronomers have published evidence of a possible planetary collision that could inform our understanding of how celestial objects like the moon form.

An excited crowd gathered at the Museum of Flight in Seattle to watch the NASA rocket blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center base on Wednesday.

Nearly three months after devastating floods tore through Western Washington, volunteers are helping people rebuild damaged homes. But the money is about to run dry.

The Seattle Seahawks paraded through the city’s downtown on Wednesday after their Super Bowl win against the New England Patriots. The team was met with the excitement and emotion of fans from near an...

Public records uncovered by Cascade PBS and KNKX show a city employee asking ChatGPT for help tipping the scales to ensure a preferred vendor would be awarded a contract.

Gov. Bob Ferguson told Washingtonians to brace for a lengthy recovery, and announced $3.5 million in state assistance for short-term needs such as groceries and hotel stays.

Unprecedented flooding is driving tens of thousands of people from their homes. Local authorities are sharing resources, and the state is asking for federal aid.

Federal officials have not responded to the October deadline for the tribe’s permit for a traditional subsistence hunt of eastern North Pacific gray whales.

North Helpline, which serves residents in North Seattle, shares how people can help food banks after funding for the federal food assistance ran out over the weekend.

Federal lawmakers continue to debate whether to extend tax credits driving down Affordable Care Act insurance costs. Without them, many Washingtonians may risk going uninsured.

Voters in Washington will cast ballots for state and local offices and ballot measures in this off-year election.

Lynnwood is one of the region’s fastest-growing cities, and a second light rail station slated to open by the city’s Alderwood Mall promises further expansion.

A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.

The City of Olympia plans to reopen the building by 2027 and provide affordable rental space for eight nonprofit organizations.

After the deadly floods in Texas, a National Weather Service meteorologist explains how northern Michiganders get warnings and alerts when bad weather strikes our region.

Advice on keeping kids, neighbors, coworkers, and even strangers healthy and happy in a heat emergency.

The review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac. The last day for the public to comment is June 30.

The proposed closure of the Chemical Safety Board follows several other moves by the Trump administration to slash EPA staffing levels and ease federal health and safety regulations.

Today we have a question about what's getting in the way of municipal utilities doing more around climate.

This is the latest in a series of intense wildfire seasons in Canada — and smoky springs and summers in the Midwest.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.   The Sleeping Bear Dunes have been active systems for millennia, shifting wit...

It's all about turtle safety at the second annual Turtlefest in Benzie County.

Interlochen Public Radio is the winner of three Regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the most of any public radio station in Michigan this year.

Interlochen Public Radio is the winner of three Regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the most of any public radio station in Michigan this year.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.   Until last month, Nick Panicola was working at two environmental nonprofits ...

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 7:00pm - What do you wonder about the way extreme weather and climate change might affect our communities here in northern Michigan?

The clock will start on public comment at the end of May, but with half as much time — 30 days instead of 60.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Rain is pelting the cherry orchards at Wunsch Farms on the Old Mission Peninsu...

The same debris that knocked out the power a few weeks ago could be used to make electricity.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. At a giant dirt lot off a side road in Emmet County, the air smells sharply of...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.   Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested an emergency declaration from Pre...

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The federal review of the Line 5 tunnel project will be sped up through new emergency procedures under an executive order from President Donald Trump.

An internal memo reviewed by Grist showed the National Weather Service has stopped translating radio alerts in the southern region, a move that has enraged workers in local offices.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. David Thom has one of those jobs where sometimes, unexpectedly, the phone ring...

New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach.

With more ice storms expected in the decades ahead as the climate changes, utilities are trying to figure out how to be ready for the next ice storm.

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