Policymakers and homeowners are scrambling to manage so-called 'wildland-urban interface' to mitigate the threat.

The money quadruples investment in wildfire prevention and complements Washington state's strategy, sources say.

As climate change and extreme weather challenge Puget Sound's emergency services, libraries are increasingly at the front lines of community care.

‘When the earth shakes, your neighbor is going to be your first responder.’

Colorado is preparing to pay search-and-rescue workers. Could Washington be next?

A local citizens group is fighting proposed changes to a ‘temporary permit’ that it fears could allow the waste to be dumped for decades.

If the tiny mussel established itself here, it would create over $100 million worth of damage each year to dams, agriculture, salmon and more.

For the residents of a small town bordering Oregon, this weekend’s smoke felt like “the apocalypse was happening right here.”