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This story was updated with the latest wildfire numbers on October 13, 2025, at around 3:30 p.m. As fall sets in, many of the state's wildfires are nearing containment, though a few continue to grow ...

Courtesy of Washington State Department of Transportation / AP Soon, new maps for the state of Washington will help show wildfire risks and hazards. But first, the team creating the maps is asking for ...

Most of us use maps to help us know where we’re going. As a journalist, I’m just as intrigued by maps that tell us where we’ve been, who we are, what we’re made of and how we treat each other. So I ...

Courtesy of Jessica Payne via Washington Department of Natural Resources Fire officials with the Washington Department of Natural Resources recently held their first public meeting about a project to ...

Washington state's bipartisan redistricting commission released new congressional and legislative maps Tuesday night — a day after its deadline. The mapping job now goes to the state's Supreme Court.

Sure, everybody knows nowadays to “Say WA,” but the convoluted history of abbreviations for the Evergreen State demands a full accounting. Or at least an abbreviated one. The name of our state — ...