When Nate Garberich started taking solo cold plunges in Lake Washington back in 2020, he was looking for more than a refreshing experience. 2026 is beginning with Garberich helping others warm up ...

An easy drive from both Portland and Seattle, this picturesque destination offers an abundance of water-based activities and ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

If you find yourself at Lake Washington this summer, breathe deeply. Matthew Klingle, author of "Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle," says you wouldn't have wanted to do that 60 years ...

Rumors have swirled for decades about sightings of prehistoric creatures and monster fish, even sharks, in Lake Washington. But biologists have a simpler explanation for the 'Lake Washington Monster' ...

Crawfish are a valued food commodity in Louisiana and clear across the Atlantic Ocean in Sweden. But, what most people in the Pacific Northwest don’t realize, is that a thriving wild and much larger ...

Photo provided by David Kanalz An unidentified woman suns on a pier at Lake Washington, circa 1961. Although the 27 acre lake was built for recreational purposes, a news item of the 1990s stated that ...

It was 27 years ago that a bizarre disaster struck, sending major portions of the old Lacey V. Murrow floating bridge to the bottom of Lake Washington. The bridge was an engineering marvel when it was ...

In the summer of 2020, the city of Seattle closed a three-mile stretch of Lake Washington Boulevard to cars, except to access home driveways. The closure lasted for months. Some were elated as the ...

Washingtonians looking for fun on the water this summer don’t have to go very far, according to a new list of best U.S. lakes from Lonely Planet. Lake Chelan is a narrow, 50-mile long lake in ...