Loowit Tier is the first leg of Orogenesis bikepacking trail, which will run down the Pacific coast from Canada to Mexico, to ...

WA mountain biking trail opens The 197-mile Loowit Tier spans from Packwood, just south of Mount Rainier, to White Salmon, on the Washington-Oregon border. The trail, which needs the last bit of ...

Over the weekend, the Washington state Legislature managed to pass its budgets for the next biennium ahead of the session’s ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on April 22 after it passed the Oregon Senate. It now moves onto the House. Senate Bill 83 ...

A contentious Oregon wildfire map that imposed new regulations on high-risk landowners may be swapped for incentives meant to promote home hardening and defensible space. The Senate Natural ...

Oregon lawmakers are working to disentangle requirements for rural “accessory dwelling units,” commonly called “granny flats,” from a statewide wildfire map that’s likely to be discontinued.