Hanford Reach National Monument

(Runtime 1:00)There’s a new sheriff — or — rather, a Hanford safety officer in town. The Yakama Nation has started a position to help protect the way-out…

(Runtime 3:50) A video captured the moment a maroon Toyota 4Runner paused along a rough gravel road on the Hanford Reach National Monument this past…

(Runtime :57) Rattlesnake Mountain or Laliik, just outside of the Tri-Cities, has been spiritually important to Columbia Basin Tribes since time…

Wildfires, invasive species and climate change are seriously threatening the Hanford Reach National Monument, and with it, a rare plant that grows only in one place in the world.

An astonishing array of animals and habitats flourished on six obsolete weapons complexes — mostly for nuclear or chemical arms — because the sites banned the public and other intrusions for decades.

The fire that engulfed Notre Dame cathedral shocked the world earlier this year. And a wildfire in July on Rattlesnake Mountain in southeast Washington similarly shocked Northwest tribes.

A wildfire continued burning today near the Hanford Nuclear Site. The Cold Creek Fire is burning sensitive, federally protected habitat. As of Friday afternoon it was estimated at about 18,000 acres and 10 percent containment.