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Republican-led policy directives could rewrite forest policies that affect public lands in Oregon and the rest of the West.

The public lands commissioner race is shaping up to be a clash over forest management styles – and how to best use that resource in the face of climate change.

Washington is among the states the Biden administration selected for a new program meant to expand innovative industries into new regions.

Washington state plans to conserve 2,000 acres of state forest, that would otherwise be logged, to absorb carbon dioxide. Activists want more. KNKX environment reporter Bellamy Pailthorp explains the potential of this climate solution, and the obstacles to implementing it.

Employees at Weyerhaeuser sites in Oregon and Washington are on strike, citing low wage increases and high health care premiums. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents more than 1,100 Weyerhaeuser employees, said negotiations for a new bargaining agreement have been ongoing since this spring.

There’s a photo in the hallway of the Port of Port Angeles offices, just down the hall from the office of executive director Karen Goschen. It was taken…

The rainiest fall on record in parts of eastern Oregon and Washington was good for keeping late-season wildfires at bay, but torrential rains wreaked...