Washington lawmakers are looking to adopt statewide just-cause eviction protections during their upcoming 2020 legislative session, which starts Jan. 13.
The faults under Eastern Washington aren't as famous as the feared Cascadia Subduction Zone, but they still pose a threat to communities like Walla Walla, Tri-Cities and Yakima.
Reforms that give struggling tenants more time to make rent before facing eviction spawned a flurry of menacing notices, and new worries for month-to-month renters.
Using machinery and prescribed burns, land managers hope to safeguard 2.7 million acres of forest from catastrophic fires like the one that destroyed Paradise in California.
Tussock moth caterpillars are stripping fir trees throughout the state. To keep our trees healthy, the Forest Service is fighting back with a spray-on virus straight out of sci-fi.