Annual Seafair festival in Seattle canceled due to virus

SEATTLE (AP) — Organizers of the longtime annual Seafair festival in Seattle say its major events will not happen this summer. Organizers said on the event website Wednesday it will reschedule its major events to next year

EPA says federal dams raise water temperature in Snake River

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — An Environmental Protection Agency report provides details about how federal government dams in the Snake and Columbia river system raise summer water temperatures and hurt endangered salmon runs. The report issued Tuesday said

How herd immunity may protect us from COVID-19

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy PRIYA AMIN, DR. MARK ABDELMALEK and LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The old saying goes: “There’s strength in numbers.” And now, it turns out numbers may be the greatest defense against the spread

Washington sees record unemployment rate of 15.4% in April

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s unemployment rate was a record 15.4%, and the state’s economy lost 527,000 jobs last month. It’s the highest jobless rate the state has seen since it started keeping comparable records in