Wes Larson News Today

Blasting music on the trail is not cool, but what about singing while hiking? Our etiquette columnist weighs in.

The Putnam County Chamber of Commerce welcomed new board leadership and recognized a pillar in the business community.

The Putnam County Chamber of Commerce welcomed new board leadership and recognized a pillar in the business community.

Nearly half a million listeners download ‘Tooth and Claw’ each month. Can the show also help save the animals it profiles?

Unravel a summer of startling animal encounters on 'Out Alive'. From cougars in the U.S. to Orcas in Portugal, we explore the narrative: Are animals growing weary of humans? Join bear experts Dr. Tom Smith and Wes Larson for insights.

New technology will help speed up the turnaround time for genetic data on the salmon bycatch in Bering Sea fisheries, which could help managers and fishermen make more informed decisions about how and where to best avoid those salmon.

Salmon stocks from up and down the Pacific coast congregate in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea to feed. That’s also where trawlers go to harvest millions of pounds of pollock and other groundfish. And those trawlers often accidentally scoop up salmon and other fish in their nets, too — a problem known as bycatch. Scientists with NOAA Fisheries, which oversees federal fisheries in those waters, want to understand where the bycatch is coming from — and where those fish would return to ...

Construction resumes on $130 million Marina Square project downtown Christian Vosler, Kitsap Sun © Meegan M. Reid / Kitsap Sun Marine Square project in downtown Bremerton on Friday Aug. 21, 2020. BREMERTON — Construction on Marina Square, the $130 million housing development on the Bremerton waterfront, resumed this month after a nine-month shutdown.    The massive two-tower project was initially planned to include residential apartments and a Cambria hotel built over a t...