What’s an old Cadillac doing in the middle of the woods? It’s historic

People enjoy hiking for a variety of reasons, but the Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers an odd but intriguing one.

WA couple donates tree farm they spent 30 years restoring

Originally from Albuquerque, N.M., Lynn and Becky Minder began working on what they call Casa Becca del Norté after realizing ...

Gardening: Fir-scented memories of working the Christmas tree lines

The debate between real Christmas trees and artificial ones has been going on for decades. Artificial because they are easy and reusable. Real because well, they are real and fill the house with a ...

Betty Reid Soskin, oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104

Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest serving National Park Service ranger in the country, has died at 104 years old. A Facebook post ...
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SW WA counties slated to lose millions due to new state limit on loggable land

Officials in timber-dependent counties around Southwest Washington say the state Forest Practices Board’s new rule expanding no-logging zones around some streams amounts to an economic siege. “We’re ...