The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is under scrutiny after a report last month found the organization’s structure ...

The commission structure works in most states. What is missing in Washington are guardrails for Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners' behavior.

After prolonged conflict, a new report recommends either eliminating or overhauling the traditional Washington Fish and ...

Smelt’s annual return from the ocean has long drawn thousands of dip-netters up and down the Cowlitz River. This year, ...

A Ferry County woman has been named to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission. Lynn O’Connor, of Kettle Falls, was appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to replace outgoing commissioner Molly Linville. It ...

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities ...

This makes Washington state the first place in the world to successfully implement a ban on all new commercial net pens, and ...

Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged ...

Casey Sixkiller, the new head of Washington's Department of Ecology, says his approach to problem solving is what qualifies him for the big challenges ahead.

The Kirkland Police Department is asking pet owners to keep a watchful eye on their animals, after a series of cougar and coyote sightings in the city.

Here is a comprehensive look at the US president’s directives so far in his first three days. President Donald Trump started ...

OLYMPIA — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers confirmed seven days of razor clam digs on coastal ...