The 21st dead gray whale to be discovered along the Washington coast in 2026 was recorded along the shores of Willapa Bay.

THIS IS THE WAY it has always been: Les and Dan Driscoll, father and son, 69 and 44, will pull on their rubber hip boots and set off into the nearly moonless night. As Willapa Bay slowly shrinks with ...

Successful outdoor painting, like successful traveling, can require us to rouse our spirits and spit in the eye of circumstance. One simply cannot allow fate or the elements to stand in our way.

Washington’s Willapa Bay is tucked behind Long Beach, and the shallow bay is a well-known producer of oysters. Most are grown on oyster farms, but for those people that love fresh oysters, there is a ...

Just two days after a young gray whale stunned southwest Washington by swimming about 20 miles up the Willapa River, two adult gray whales washed ashore dead Friday at Ocean Shores, about 20 miles ...

Before the rings of Saturn, before trees, before dinosaurs and long before grass, there were sharks. They are still here. There are over 540 species of them. They live in all of our planet’s oceans.

WARRENTON, Ore. -- Five people, including three children, were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter after they got stranded near Willapa Bay as stormy weather approached. Coast Guard officials said the ...

SOUTH BEND, Wash. - The Coast Guard says a man who was pulled unresponsive from the waters of Willapa Bay after his fishing boat overturned this weekend survived thanks to CPR efforts by rescuers.

Something bizarre is going on in Willapa Bay, Washington and it is all related to a noxious weed known as Spartina. This tall, dense grass grows rapidly along coastal salt-water marshes and has been ...

A crew member remains missing and two others were rescued from crab boat that sank near Willapa Bay in southwest Washington on Sunday evening, according to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard on Twitter ...