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Author Lynda V. Mapes stands in the forest at Seattle's Carkeek Park, smiling. She is holding a copy of her new book, The Trees are Speaking.

The Understory: Journalist Lynda Mapes urges local solutions for local forests

Bellamy Pailthorp

Now retired from The Seattle Times, Lynda Mapes examines the future of forests in her sixth book, “The Trees are Speaking.”

From left: Ben Clark, senior vice president of engineering at Corvallis-based Inpria, tells state Sen. Janeen Sollman, D-Hillsboro, Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Clackamas, and Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis, that his company is developing materials for chips that will be in smartphones three years from now.

Government

WA aerospace and wood sectors up for major infusions of federal cash

Julia Shumway

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

News

Wet Spring Forces Temporary Shutdown At Washington Sawmill

Emily Schwing

The wettest spring on record in eastern Washington state not only rendered state highways and other roads impassable, it has also kept loggers from...