Four Changes You Can Make to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

by Katie Watkins | Aug 8, 2017 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — For Americans interested in reducing their carbon footprint, a new Canadian-Swedish study has a bold proposition: consider having fewer children. Researchers from Canada’s University of British Columbia and Sweden’s Lund University analyzed 39...

Professional Tree Climbers Take Childhood Pastime to New Heights

by Katie Watkins | Aug 2, 2017 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Twenty-one-year-old Mikaela Biester has been climbing trees since she was six years old. Unlike most people who abandon the tree-tops for careers on the ground, Biester aspires to be a professional tree climber. With a father who owns a tree care company,...

NOAA Extends Deadline for Public Comments on Protected Marine Sites

by Katie Watkins | Jul 27, 2017 | Environment

WASHINGTON- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has extended the deadline for people to comment on the planned review of 11 marine sanctuaries and monuments that could lead to downsizing of protected waters from California to American Samoa. The...

Coeur d’Alene tribe brings dance, culture and cardio to Washington

by Katie Watkins | Jul 19, 2017 | Demographics

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Imani Antone, a member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, has been dancing for as long as she can remember. “No matter how stressed I may feel, dancing is the only time that I feel comforted or at peace,” she said. Dressed in a traditional “jingle dress,”...

How Did a Copy of the Declaration of Independence End Up in England?

by Katie Watkins | Jul 7, 2017 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The mystery behind the origins of a recently discovered second handwritten parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence sounds like it came from the movie “National Treasure” – with Thomas Paine, the Third Duke of Richmond and declaration signer...