For much of the 21st century, the North American power sector drifted along on near-zero demand growth. Utilities retired ...

A man stands at the summit of Mount Blum with a view of Hagan Mountain in North Cascades National Park. Ethan Welty, Tandem Stock A majestic landscape of towering peaks, evergreen forests, glacier-fed ...

Highway 20, the closest road over the Cascades Mountains for residents of Bellingham and Whatcom County, will close for winter at 6 p.m. Thursday, the Washington State Department of Transportation ...

The North Cascades Highway/State Route 20 (SR 20) reopened Monday morning at 11 a.m., following a four-day closure by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). WSDOT closed the ...

WASHINGTON - SR 20 North Cascades Highway is temporarily closed due to snow and rain forecasts, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced. The closure, which started at 5 p.m.

If you’ve got an extra day and extra cash while you’re exploring Washington state’s North Cascades Scenic Highway, don’t end your road trip at Diablo Lake. Keep going. Drive another 90 to 115 ...

Ross J. Wallette, a popular Kennewick photographer, videographer and climbing guide, died Aug. 18 in a fall while climbing Mount Fury, one of the most challenging mountains in the Cascade Range.

If you’ve got an extra day and extra cash, don’t end your North Cascades Scenic Highway road trip at Diablo Lake. Keep Going. Drive another 60-70 miles east and spend the night in Winthrop or Twisp, ...

Frank van Manen / AP A federal plan to bring grizzly bears back to Washington’s North Cascades appears to have gone into hibernation under the Trump administration. Federal officials said there is no ...

They're known as the American Alps, and it doesn't take long in Washington's North Cascades to figure out why. Rows of jagged mountains cut across an impossibly vast horizon while aquamarine rivers ...

MOUNT VERNON — Lakpa Rita Sherpa and his younger brother Kami Rita Sherpa grew up in a small village on the flanks of Mount Everest. The 59-year-old Lakpa Rita Sherpa has summited the world’s tallest ...

Campfires in “all portions” have been banned in the North Cascades National Park, the National Park Service confirmed Monday. The ban begins July 3 and covers the North Cascades National Park Service ...