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Medicare Advantage health plans, mostly run by private insurance companies, have enrolled more than 22 million seniors and people with disabilities — more than 1 in 3 people who are on some sort of Medicare plan. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

Journalists File Lawsuit To Force Feds To Release Medicare Advantage Audits

A lawsuit filed by Kaiser Health News under the Freedom of Information Act could spur the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to release audits that document up to $650 million in overcharges.

The Vaagen Brothers Lumber mill in Colville, Washington is surrounded by the Selkirk Mountain foothills, and the potential 'A-Z Project' timber. Courtesy Josh Anderson/Vaagen Bros.

Federal Judge Greenlights Controversial Forest Restoration Project In Northeastern Washington

On Thursday, a U.S. District Court Judge in Spokane gave the green light to a controversial forest restoration project on Washington’s Colville National Forest.

Beyond the borders of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness are as much as 200,000 acres of undeveloped forest.

Rule Protecting The Northwest's Old-Growth Trees Is Under The Federal Government's Ax

This latest rollback proposal, issued Tuesday, comes from the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region. It would end a 25-year-old provision that prevents logging of trees that exceed 21 inches in diameter in six national forests across Eastern Oregon and Washington.

Three Magnets Brewing co-owner Sara Reilly and her father Jim Elsner, a blood transfusion recipient, pose on the canning line with the limited run It Takes All Types Red IPA.

Red Beer, Takeout Coupons And Big Giveaways Deployed To Recruit More Blood Donors

Alcohol and blood donation don't seem at first glance to go together. But that pairing is one of several creative strategies deployed by major Pacific Northwest blood centers to drum up more donors this spring.

WWAMI's first class in 1972 was a group of roughly 30 students from Washington and Idaho. Pictured from left to right in the front row: Gayle Anderson, Jeff Hummel, arms crossed, Dr. Pat Holland in the back row, Dr. Guy Anderston, in suit jacket, Robert Vieth, Dr. Roland Pearsol, Dr. Pat Daily, Dr. Warner Sampson, a faculty member, Dr. All Fruedenthal, Dr. Spain and Dr. Richard Lewis. Photo courtesy University of Idaho

WWAMI Program Celebrates 50 Years Training Rural Medical Students

(Runtime 2:48) Fifty years ago, Francis Spain began medical school at the University of Washington as one of the first students for what would become one…

A mural in Chennai, India, celebrates workers on the front lines against the coronavirus pandemic. The global case count crossed the 20 million threshold on Monday, with the U.S., Brazil and India in the lead. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images

Global Coronavirus Case Count Surpasses 20 Million

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 20 million people worldwide have tested positive for the virus. The milestone comes almost exactly five months after the WHO declared it a pandemic.

While hiking, Nancy Lust, with Friends of Rocky Top, watches a truck dump waste into a landfill in Yakima County. Lust lives near the landfill and has fought to learn more about what's getting disposed of near her home.

Underground fire, harmful fumes prompt cleanup plan for Yakima landfill

(Runtime 3:34)On a rainy day in January, Nancy Lust was watching a truck unload at the Anderson Landfill, right near her home in Yakima.“So, I get out of…

Landfill fire in Yakima is one step closer to being put out

A troublesome landfill in Yakima has been on fire for months. Now, there’s a plan in place to smother the underground flames – although no one knows how…

Forest thinning, such as this work done in the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon, may be of value for some purposes but will also increase carbon emissions to atmosphere, researchers say. CREDIT: OREGON STATE UNVERSITY

Senators Look To Expand Thinning Work In National Forests

A group of senators from western states want to expand a national effort to boost timber production and restore natural conditions on overstocked forests using thinning and other restoration work.

A tussock moth caterpillar. CREDIT: Connie Mehmel

Researchers Work To Control Moth Outbreak In Washington Forests

The tussock moth caterpillar is quite the sight, if you’ve ever seen one hanging around a Douglas fir tree. These hungry caterpillars can eat Douglas fir and grand fir needles, first starting with the new needles that grow as the caterpillars hatch. Later, munching on older needles high in the treetops.

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