commissioner of Washington state’s Department of Natural Resources. “We need to be preparing for the wildfire season that’s one sunny week away, not responding to a poorly written executive ...

Washington State Forester George Geissler, who has decades of wildland firefighting experience, said the officials who fired federal workers don't understand the roles they play in fighting fires.

companies are allowed to create and rely on their own maps. Meanwhile, the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner received more complaints about wildfire-related policy in the first ...

Wildfire season is months away in Washington state, but planning efforts already have begun. It is not going smoothly. Local and state agencies told The News Tribune that federal funding freezes ...