Out West

While multiple kinds of whales frequent the Pacific coast, the spring season’s focus is migratory gray whales travelling north from their winter breeding grounds in Baja California.

Nevada state lawmakers are once again considering tracking and limiting the purchasing power of cash-rich corporate investors, which many believe are inflating the housing market.

Thousands of homeowners in Nevada have seen their insurance policies canceled or not-renewed due to wildfire risk, prompting state lawmakers to warn that “a crisis is brewing” and considering ways to combat it.

Washington’s wolf population is down for the first time since resident packs were confirmed to be returning to the state about 16 years ago, new figures show.

Deep cuts at the nation’s weather agency could put Arizonans at risk by hampering forecasts for haboobs, monsoon season rain storms, flash flooding and wildfires.

The dollars helped schools and food banks buy from small farmers, boosting the local food system.

The state’s Fish and Wildlife Department says it will reevaluate the move later this month, depending on the risk fishing lines pose to the whales.

One of the country’s largest forest management plans is facing controversial changes that strongly recommend logging in response to increased wildfires.

Attorney General Nick Brown said landlords have used RealPage’s products to set rent for 800,000 leases across Washington.

Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate will have plenty of negotiating to do as they try to reconcile competing transportation budget proposals, which both depend on gas tax hikes.