A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when ...

Low snowpack in Washington is raising early concerns about drought and a potentially severe wildfire season. State officials are ramping up preparations, including hiring crews, staging equipment, and ...

A research lab in Washington tracks ecological changes in a warming climate and provides scientific guidance for forest ...

With the agency’s aviation hangar at the Olympia Regional Airport serving as a backdrop, state Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove held a press event to review of the 2025 summer fire season.

"We spent almost $300 million last year putting out wildfires, and that was a fairly average season," said the public lands ...

Washington state Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove speaks at a press conference on wildfire issues in Tumwater, Wash., on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard) ...

With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season. Washington state saw more individual fires than last season, but fewer acres ...

If you think major wildfires in Washington are just for the eastern half of the state, think again. In a meeting room at the Tulalip Resort Casino, wildland firefighters, climate scientists, emergency ...

With a destructive Washington wildfire season in the rearview mirror, the work begins to restore affected forests in Washington. Part of that effort starts in Roy at a 150-year-old facility that is ...

Washington has fully restored $60 million in wildfire preparedness funding that was cut last year, Commissioner of Public ...