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SepticSmart Week serves as a great reminder for homeowners to check their on-site septic systems. In Washington, about ...

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Reader question: We are home buyers who want to check out a well and septic system. We know nothing about them. We have city sewer and water now, so we have no responsibility beyond using them. Are ...

Five or six days a week Ronnie Tamez rises early in the morning to monitor and fix something beneath the ground that many people in Clark County would prefer to not think about. “You don’t think about ...

Q I enjoy your column immensely as a faithful reader every week. I do wish to comment, however, on the recent column that mentioned septic systems, as I feel you might have given some readers the ...

A woman and her dog have been rescued unharmed after falling into the six-meter-deep sinkhole that opened up in her Southeast Portland backyard. (Portland, Ore., Fire & Rescue) Rain and recent sewer ...