Out West

Amid challenges like dwindling salmon, noise pollution and climate change, the Pacific Northwest is wrestling with how to protect its most iconic inhabitants.

A fight over which states along the Colorado River have to cut their water use may still be damming up negotiations like the towering concrete of Lake Powell.

The coalition accused a logging company of exploiting its contract with the U.S. Forest Service to stifle competition.

The proposition will redraw current congressional maps to favor Democrats.

State officials have not found any viable quagga mussels since the state administered the most recent copper-based treatment in the Snake River near Twin Falls this fall.

While visitors may not notice a significant impact in the short term, others say the shutdown is holding parks and their staff back from meeting their mission to preserve the land and serve the public.

The Northwest Forest Plan has long protected vulnerable species like spotted owls in federal forests along the West Coast.

A panel overturned an injunction barring Golden State authorities from charging fees for groundwater usage at farms in Kings County, just outside of Fresno.

Food banks across Oregon have warned that they do not have enough resources to absorb the impact of the ongoing government shutdown.

The Olympic marmot is endemic to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and have faced threats from climate change and coyote predation.