A Tuesday order from President Donald Trump that froze federal funding to assess diversity programs and organizations that ...

The Department of Natural Resources says our driest January in decades already increases our fire risks. The state's public ...

Spokane County Fire District 9 welcomed a new fire chief to the team on Tuesday coming from western Washington.

SPOKANE COUNTY, WA – Wildfires in urban areas are becoming more common, with devastating events occurring across the country in recent years, from Texas to Maui, and right here in Spokane County.

SPOKANE COUNTY, WA – Spokane County has been awarded $44 million in federal funding to assist with recovery from the Oregon Road and Gray wildfires that devastated the region in 2023.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Local agencies are grappling with the implications of a federal funding freeze ordered by the White ...

The commissioner says there is no evidence that insurance companies are abandoning policyholders in high-risk areas of Washington.

Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced Friday that Spokane County will receive $44. ... the aftermath of the August 2023 Gray and Oregon Road wildfires. The funds come from the U.S. Department of Housing ...

Most of the state's more than 1,000 wineries are clustered around the Columbia River, so the irrigation-dependent crop can ...

The “will they or won’t they join” conversation between the city of Spokane and the board of Spokane Regional Emergency ...

Hilary Franz served as Washington’s wildfire chief and commissioner of public lands from 2017-2025.