Steffanie Fain holds a slim lead over Peter Kwon in the race to be the newest member of the Metropolitan King County Council.

At a press conference attended by environmental group leaders, Upthegrove said the Department of Natural Resources will conserve 77,000 acres of old forests on state lands. To many in the audience, it ...

King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay led on election night with 50% of the vote. King County Councilmember Claudia ...

Washington problem,” not just an Eastern Washington one, the head of the state Department of Natural Resources said Monday.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove is ready to fight the state to restore budget cuts coming to ...

Of Washington's 22 million forested acres, the Department of Natural Resources manages about 3 million acres of state land.

Cheers: To Columbia River Mental Health Services. The organization, which temporarily shut down this year because of financial difficulties, is getting back on track. A new CEO and a new board preside ...

State Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove was elected on a promise to permanently protect 77,000 acres of legacy forest. Yet his day-one action was only a temporary ...

The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit in federal court in Seattle over a year after first petitioning for ...

But just like in Oregon, around 94% of fires on state land were kept at 10 acres or less. Washington State Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove said that firefighting efforts through the Department of ...

Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove was elected on a promise to permanently protect 77,000 acres of legacy forest. Yet, his Day 1 action was only a temporary pause, not a true moratorium. Last ...