Backlash mounts over proposed repeal of protections for 2M acres of forest in Washington state Tribes and environmental advocates are organizing to oppose the Trump administration’s planned rollback ...

Francis “Knute” Harold Halvorson of Centralia, Washington, passed away peacefully at home on July 11, 2025, at the age of 91. Born March 2, 1934, in Fosston, Minnesota, he was the … ...

Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours.

Lands commissioner: Washington to conserve 77,000 acres of older forests on state lands The move is in line with promises Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove made while campaigning; timber industry ...

Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove signs a directive ordering the conservation of about 77,000 acres of older forests on state logging lands, on Aug. 26, 2025, at the High Peak ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson is tapping the brakes on a controversial solar farm proposed in south-central Washington to allow more time to appraise concerns of Yakama Nation leaders. Ferguson on Friday … ...

Just over two months after the largest protest in Spokane since the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the City Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed all misdemeanor charges for failure to disperse … ...

Two recent public meetings about the water contamination situation stemming from the Bob Oke Game Farm in Centralia bring to mind the warning not to confuse motion with action. There’s been no … ...

Seattle and Washington state have not indicated any intention of revising their immigration policies despite the Trump administration’s letters demanding they do so by Tuesday. On Aug. 13, … ...

A controversial, court-ordered redrawing of Washington’s political maps has survived another round in a lengthy legal fight. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week … ...

This week, the Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an effort to check the immigration status of people who get their health insurance through … ...

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