Several years ago, Jade Powell uttered the word “transition” to a county commissioner at a local government meeting in the ...

The county was supposed to conduct an annual tally of people experiencing homelessness this month. Then disaster struck.

American writer and photographer, and one of six inaugural Murrow News Fellows placed in local newsrooms around Washington state. Prior to becoming a journalist, Riley fought wildfires with the ...

To reimagine our relationship with wildfire, we must recognize the real value of federal wildland firefighters — and compensate them accordingly.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who was banned from nine tribal reservations, will oversee policies uniquely important to ...

Some of the jobs roped into the American Climate Corps have funding locked down for much of Trump’s term. Zampaglione’s ...

HCN: You’ve written about community benefits agreements — where developers can commit to local hiring, environmental monitoring or long-term funding in exchange for the impacts of their development — ...

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Key takeaways from our investigation revealing how expensive properties use a system meant to help farmers and ranchers.

The Quivira Mine cleanup is part of the 2014 Tronox settlement, which provided $5.15 billion to clean up contaminated sites across the United States. The settlement allocated $1 billion of those funds ...

When wind-driven embers sent flames ripping through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, firefighters and residents began noticing ...