Paige Browning

Seattle's mayor, and chief of police, held a press conference during the noon hour about the investigation.

In Spokane, three major fires sparked on Saturday, collectively burning over 8,000 acres and 700 structures.

Smoldering piles and collapsed walls lie where people's homes stood before the weekend in Spokane. The Spokane Area Fires, comprising three large wildfires, have burned more than 8,000 acres as of Monday morning and are still uncontained.

Monday marks nine days since wildfires broke out in Spokane, sending thousands of people fleeing for safety. For hundreds of victims, recovery will be a long road.

Many of the people who lost their homes in the Spokane fires are just beginning to take stock of the damage and start to think about what it may look like to rebuild.

Many of the people who lost their homes in the Spokane fires are just beginning to take stock of the damage and start to think about what it may look like to rebuild.

Monday marks nine days since wildfires broke out in Spokane, sending thousands of people fleeing for safety.

The Orca Behavior Institute recorded a record-breaking number of Bigg’s killer whale sightings in the Salish Sea in July.

Animal lovers in the Puget Sounds have been buzzing this summer about several recent sightings of orcas, sometimes close to shore. That's prompted the question, why? Whale scientists think there are two reasons for the apparent trend.

A crew member hoses down vegetation to keep a prescribed fire from spreading outside of a designated parcel. Local leaders in the small town of Roslyn, Washington, have embraced prescribed burns as a way to protect the community.