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In a PBS NewsHour Shares moment of the day, this self-taught paleontologist has been looking for dinosaurs in creek beds and rivers for more than 30 years, and has become something of a legend in the field.

The Trump administration wants to slash the federal government’s biggest source of funds for conservation on private land. Here’s what you need to know.

In Central and Eastern Washington, people are still being left without wheels. But county transportation agencies and non-profits fill in the gaps. Agencies like People for People.

Seattle pollster Stuart Elway has released a new survey that shows Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers with a six-point lead over Democrat Lisa Brown in Washington’s Fifth District Congressional race.

Big personalities are no stranger to classical music – the people behind the compositions are remembered through letters, reviews and their own journals.…

Workers plan to tackle some of the nastiest waste on the massive Hanford cleanup site next month. The so-called K-Basin holds sandy, explosive, potentially flammable and highly-radioactive sludge stored in six large containers.

In the wake of school shootings like Sandy Hook and Parkland, everyone from school officials and parents to first responders and politicians have looked for ways to protect children from gunfire. Now sensor technology originally made for missiles is being put to the test.

Matthew Desmond estimates that 2.3 million evictions were filed in the U.S. in 2016 — a rate of four every minute. "Eviction isn't just a condition of poverty; it's a cause of poverty," he says.

Loren Zitomersky is hoping to break a world record at the Boston Marathon on Monday. But Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai, who ran it in just over two hours in 2011, has nothing to worry about.That's because Zitomersky is aiming to break the backwards marathon record — he'll run all 26.2 miles facing the starting line, with a goal of raising over $100,000 for the Epilepsy Foundation.

"It's supposed to be hard," Linden told reporters after the race, which featured rain and fierce headwinds. U.S. women claimed seven of the top eight spots.