In Lewiston, Idaho, one local man has been making pottery and sharing his skills for over 50 years.

A total of seven journalists were laid off from McClatchy-owned papers in Washington state, along with ten journalists in Idaho.

On Saturday, underneath a painted banner strung across the porch of Hillcrest Apartments in Tacoma, tenants announced the formation of the Wright Park Tenant Union.

Kroger, the grocery giant that owns QFC, Fred Meyer and other grocery stores around the country, is planning to close another Fred Meyer in Tacoma. The store sits in the James Center shopping area right across from Tacoma Community College off a busy thoroughfare with a well-used bus line.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is making people aware of the dangers of hunting, hiking, fishing and recreating in wildfire burn scars, which can have unstable soil, dead trees ready to topple and other hazards.

For years, the Yakama Nation has fought to restrict access to one of its most sacred sites outside the Tri-Cities. Rattlesnake Mountain, or Laliik, is one of the highest points in the region. And some hikers want access.

The city of Tacoma will need to address a $40 million deficit in the 2027-2028 biennial budget.

There’s a few places where the Spokane fires didn’t burn quite so hot or quite so fast. Officials with the Washington state Department of Natural Resources say that’s because trees in these areas had been thinned. That helps make a forest ecosystem healthier.

A conversation about the Blue Mountain Action Council's efforts to use gleaning to address a food shipment shortage.

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin's printing press became unsustainable from a staffing and financial standpoint, The Seattle Times Company said. The newspaper will be printed in Idaho and delivered on its regular Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday schedule.