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Elaine Thompson/ AP Dale Archer, left, leads his daughters Myranda and Krysten Archer through floodwater, Nov.... An 18-wheeler was nearly knocked off a bridge.... Ted S. Warren/ AP People walk past a downed power pole blocking a street in Seattle after it fell into an office building during a storm, Nov....

Open this photo in gallery A Washington State Department of Agriculture workers holds two of the dozens of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a tree on Oct.... 24, 2020, in Blaine, Wash. Elaine Thompson/ The Associated PressScientists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture say they’ve found the first so-called live murder hornet for the year.In a news release Thursday, entomologists say the Asian giant hornet was seen about a kilometre from the U.S.-Canada border. They say the horne

The site is about one-quarter mile from the Canadian border. The Asian giant hornets are sometimes called murder hornets because they prey on other bees. Asian giant hornets are the world’s largest hornet and are not native to North America.... They prey on honey bees and other insects.... While not particularly aggressive toward humans, their sting is extremely painful and repeated stings, though rare, can kill....

Doug Ericksen, a staunch conservative, has died at age 52. Ericksen's death Friday came weeks after he said he had tested positive for the coronavirus while in El Salvador, though his cause of death wasn't immediately released.... Reasons for his visit were unclear.In a message to state House and Senate members, Ericksen asked for advice on how to receive monoclonal antibodies, which were not available in the Latin American nation.He soon arranged a medevac flight from El Salvador, former state

close Video Widespread flloding has Sumas, Washington residents hoping for the best Sumas, Washington residents watch flood waters recede so they can access the damage.A series of storms that have pounded the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and mountain snows spawned major flooding in Washington state over the weekend, forcing authorities to close a border crossing with Canada. The National Weather Service office in Seattle said that rivers in western Washington will continue to recede on Mond

Every day it seems like we hear of a new account of vandalism, threat of violence, or acts of intimidation towards peaceful pro-lifers," Hawkins said.... " What happened Saturday shows us the worst of the worst of the pro-choicemovement; obscenity, Satan worship, and lewdness towards students.... " It's just so, so violent, so dark." One of the students described when a man exposed himself." We were just silently praying here on the corner and this man--it's a stoplight and it's red--and he ex

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for Dec.... Check out what's clicking on Foxnews. comA Washington state man accused of killing his wife the day after Christmas apparently confessed to the shooting in tweets to the NRA, President Trump, and Sen.... AR-15 makes it super easy, ” the post continued....

Officials said Tuesday on Facebook that hundreds of people had been evacuated and estimated that 75% of homes had water damage.... The rains were caused by an atmospheric river — a huge plume of moisture extending over the Pacific and into Washington and Oregon.... Fast-rising water levels from Sumas River in Washington overwhelmed rescuers in the Canadian town of Abbotsford on Tuesday, where 1, 100 homes were evacuated....

Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share The American West is vast enough to contain innumerable stories.... The Smithsonian American Art Museum takes a significantly broader view in “ Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea, ” an exhibition organized in collaboration with four regional museums that are west of the Rockies.... Rodríguez-Díaz’s “ The Protagonist of an Endless Story ” is a painted portrait, bold and affirmational, of Chicana novelist Sandra Cisneros in front of a brig