Spokane Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Buildings as Thousands Evacuate

By: Christina Morales — 3 August 2026 at 02:56

Firefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spokane.

All of Christine and Bryan Farris’s belongings burned in the Old Trail fire in Spokane, Wash.

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Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom

By: Rebecca F. Elliott — 16 June 2025 at 18:50

Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits.

Group14 Technologies, a start-up, slowed the construction of a battery materials factory in Moses Lake, Wash., after its customers in China balked at paying higher tariffs.

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250 Million Honeybees Escape After a Truck Rolls Over in Washington State

By: Neil Vigdor — 31 May 2025 at 00:06

Several emergency responders were stung after the truck flipped in a sparsely populated area of Whatcom County. Efforts were underway to recapture the bees.

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Three Ideas to Beat the Heat, and the People Who Made Them Happen

By: Somini Sengupta — 25 June 2024 at 09:04

As temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people.

Hansa Ahir, left, who salvages recyclable waste for a living in Ahmedabad, India, bought an insurance policy to cover her income on days when heat makes it dangerous to work.

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