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People around the Salish Sea are seeing weird things in the water: big, exotic fish like Bluefin Tuna on Orcas Island and in Tacoma, six-foot-long Sunfish. These are species that normally live in warmer waters south of here.

More than a decade ago, Tacoma set an ambitious goal to increase its tree canopy and do so equitably but so far, its been a slow start. At Tacoma Tree Foundation's annual Branch Out event, community partners distributed and planted almost 500 trees. Homeowners, city leaders and volunteers described growing momentum through this kind of community outreach.

Amid increasing heat waves driven by climate change, the role of trees in urban environments becomes more crucial every year. Tacoma has fewer trees than any other city in the Puget Sound region – and some of the most aggressive goals to change that.

The extreme heat in June left many people scrambling to purchase portable air conditioners. But energy efficiency experts have two words for anyone who isn’t in a huge hurry: heat pump.

Temperatures are rising in the Puget Sound region, with very warm conditions in the forecast through Saturday and highs expected in the 90s Friday from…

Gray skies and drizzle marked a return to normalcy in Northwest skies on Friday, with temperatures back in the 60s after an extraordinarily hot week that…

Western Washington’s unseasonably high temperatures will be subsiding, but KPLU weather expert Cliff Mass says you may want to keep the shorts and…

May 6 isn’t known for much. Perhaps it languishes in the shadow of its older sibling, Cinco de Mayo.But at least this year, May 6 saw something special…

Sometimes, like this weekend ... a miracle happens, reports our weather expert and University of Washington professor Cliff Mass. That miracle may bring…