Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Shellfish Company has reached a settlement with nearby homeowners and environmental advocates that will allow a large ...

May will be a fateful month for the long-proposed Burley Lagoon Geoduck Farm. Three public meetings will position permit approval/denial recommendations, one of which is among the few remaining ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Pyke Johnson loves his beachfront home near the end of Johnson Point in Olympia. “It’s the best neighborhood I’ve ever lived in in my life,” said Johnson from the Henderson Inlet ...

People who live near Burley Lagoon do not want a geoduck farm in their backyard. That was their message for land-use officials at one of the final opportunities for public comment before the Pierce ...

The question of whether a longtime shellfish farm in Burley Lagoon can raise geoducks is inching toward a final answer. Burley Lagoon, a body of saltwater that connects under the Purdy Bay Bridge to ...

HARSTINE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — John King plunges his arm up to his shoulder into the mudflats of Puget Sound, roots around and soon pulls from the muck the world’s largest burrowing clam. The mollusk ...

PURDY, Wash. -- Geoducks are one of the state's most iconic shellfish and worldwide demand is growing. However, people who live around Burley Lagoon, the perfect place for geoducks to thrive, aren't ...