National Weather Service forecasts suggest that through the weekend, about 1 to 3 inches of rain will fall around the coast, including around 2 inches for Seattle.

Being in the Pacific Northwest, Portland and Seattle's culinary scenes have a lot in common. Zoom in: We're both big craft beer and coffee towns, have stellar wine countries, and prioritize locally-grown ingredients thanks to our access to farms and food producers.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will make the next stop on its breakneck schedule when it lands in the Pacific Northwest with a bantamweight headliner pitting Henry Cejudo against Yadong Song.

Geno Smith’s contract situation is the focal point for much of the talk surrounding the Seattle Seahawks this offseason. The Seahawks have made it clear they want the veteran quarterback to remain the Pacific Northwest.

But a couple of Hoosiers already are familiar with the Pacific Northwest, where Indiana plays Washington on Saturday in Seattle and Oregon on Tuesday. Center Oumar Ballo began his career at Gonzaga and guard Myles Rice was the Pac-12's freshman of the year last season at Washington State.

Being in the Pacific Northwest, Portland and Seattle's culinary scenes have a lot in common. Zoom in: We're both big craft beer and coffee towns, have stellar wine countries, and prioritize locally-grown ingredients thanks to our access to farms and food producers.

So far, there has been no impact on monitoring. But the potential is there if the limitations at the federal level continue.

The third powerful atmospheric river storm to impact the Pacific Northwest since the end of last week blasted portions of Washington and Oregon with hurricane-force wind gusts and torrential rain that led to widespread power outages,

A pair of storms pummeling the Pacific Northwest threaten flooding, avalanches and 'sting jets' – intense and destructive low-level winds.

Ah, yes. The classic Seattle vs. Portland rivalry — it's one that goes back further than any one of us has been alive (not including the Cullens, though). The big picture: Tracing it through history can explain why our underlying tensions still boil.

KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart said “we’ll likely have to wait week to week to see how this spring season unfolds.”

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists and other employees in Seattle are among the estimated 880 agency staff fired Thursday across the U.S., according to Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office and union representatives.