PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Washington Cascades were hit with approximately 262 lightning strikes between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, potentially starting a chain of new wildfires in the area.

SKYKOMISH, Wash. — A Winter Storm Warning for some parts of the Cascades in Washington state expired early Sunday, amid a system bringing precipitation to the region, but a Winter Weather ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A blizzard warning is in effect for much of the Washington Cascades north of Skamania County as a bomb cyclone rages off the Oregon and Washington coasts. The National ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Snow began to fall in the Cascades on Sunday, bringing several inches of fresh powder to Timberline Lodge by early evening hours. The National Weather Service has issued a ...

SEATTLE — Snow and rain are forecasted for much of western Washington this weekend and ... has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Cascades in Whatcom and Skagit Counties which will go into ...

Three climbers from Renton, Washington died over the weekend after falling during a climb in North Cascades National Park. Personnel from the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office and Okanogan County ...

SEATTLE — The Washington Cascades are among the snowiest places in the lower 48 states. All that snow, thousands and tons of it, is often perched atop steep mountainsides. When you add ...

Grizzly bears will roam Washington state once again after federal authorities decided in April that the animals will be restored to the North Cascades ecosystem. The National Park Service and U.S ...

Wyoming and northeast Washington. The bears for the restoration project would come from areas with healthy populations. There has been no confirmed evidence of a grizzly within the North Cascades ...