Adrian Wolf is not studying just one bird, not anymore. He manages forests in western Washington state. He is stewardship director for the Great Peninsula Conservancy, and he relies on bird sounds to measure his work. He thinks of it like the birds are leaving reviews. WOLF: This habitat is good. I'm going to keep coming back here, and I'm going to keep reading. That's the best yelp review you can have is you come back.
The Old Farmer's Almanac has issued its 2025-2026 Winter Forecast, calling for a season that's "mostly mild-with pockets of wild." Editor Carol Connare says that "most areas will experience near-normal to slightly milder temperatures," though certain regions could still see sudden cold snaps. For Washington homeowners, that translates to a relatively calm winter-milder than average, with less snow than usual.
His remains were discovered on a steep, remote, wooded slope part way up Grindstone Mountain in central Washington, less than a mile (1.6 km) from the campsite where the bodies of 9-year-old Paityn Decker, 8-year-old Evelyn Decker and 5-year-old Olivia Decker were found on June 2, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office said. Law enforcement teams had been searching more than three months for Decker, 32, before the sheriff's office announced last week it had located human remains believed to be his.
Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington state. It is unusual for federal border agents to make arrests during the fighting of an active fire, especially in a remote area. Jesus, one would hope so.
The entire structure of the arrangement is designed to put Unison in the same position, and to have the same right to payment, as an unadorned nonrecourse obligation to pay Unison 70% of the home's equity, less $194,250.
The Washington law protects "consumer health data," defined as information linkable to a consumer that identifies their "physical or mental health status." This includes all manner of conditions and treatments, such as gender-affirming and reproductive care.
"[Shared streets] create the kind of environment that everybody wants to live in...where it's beautiful and desirable to be out in the street enjoying the city, meeting their neighbors..."
The sale of the [Washington] campus will restore financial health to our university, allow continued movement forward with our strategic plan and is intended to positively impact our accreditation status.