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But for many longtime small-business owners, rising rents, changing demographics and ongoing construction have made it harder to stay.Among them is Luz…

(Runtime 1:02) A group of developers have filed a lawsuit against the city of Walla Walla.The group, Cottonwood Investors, said that Walla Walla’s City…

(Runtime 0:54)Western gray squirrels will now be listed as endangered in Washington. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission’s decision Friday comes after…

The City of Tacoma hearing examiner has upheld the city’s decision to issue a development permit for a mega-warehouse in South Tacoma.The permit decision was appealed by Seattle nonprofit EarthJustice, on behalf of the South Tacoma Neighborhood Council and 350 Tacoma, which argued that the city and developer hadn’t adequately analyzed the environmental impacts of the development, and therefore the city erred in issuing a Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance, (MDNS) and Critical Areas Development Permit (CADP) for the project.

Two Tacoma groups have filed a joint-appeal against the city’s recent decision to issue a land-use permit for a highly controversial warehouse in South Tacoma. The South Tacoma Neighborhood Council and 350 Tacoma, a grassroots environmental organization, filed the appeal on May 5. Earthjustice, a non-profit, environmental law organization, is representing the groups.

The City of Tacoma approved land use permits to develop a warehouse in South Tacoma.The decision came April 21 after over a year of feedback from residents and public agencies expressing environmental equity concerns over the development.

Lately, Matthew Kauffman has been thinking a lot about spaghetti – wildlife spaghetti lines, that is.Kauffman, who works for the U.S. Geological Survey…