Washington Coast

For decades, volunteers have been the foundation of efforts to protect Washington's Pacific coast from marine debris. And they're still going.

Aptly nicknamed Washaway Beach, in Pacific County, Washington, has long suffered from the most extreme coastal erosion along the whole U.S. West Coast....

A 7.9 earthquake off the coast of Alaska triggered a tsunami watch that stretched from Washington to California early Tuesday morning. But many coastal...

Researchers want you to grab the camera, head to the beach and capture this weekend's king tide.The highest tides of the year are taking place, and the…

Federal, state and tribal officials are attempting to track a large dock that was reported drifting off the coast of Washington state.NOAA spokeswoman…

A new study suggests there’s been a dramatic increase in plastic pollution off the coast of the Pacific Northwest over the past 40 years.That’s after…

Extreme weather patterns on the east coast have become evidence for many people lately that global warming is actually happening.Here in the Northwest,…

Twenty-nine towers, parking structures and elevated berms may be built on the Washington coast as emergency sites where people could ride out a…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-963390.mp3After last month's Japanese tsunami, some coastal Northwest Indian tribes…

Construction should start as soon as Wednesday at a site near Copalis Beach in Grays Harbor County on a Doppler radar station.Sen. Maria Cantwell's office…