A Seattle woman is perched atop a 200-year-old red cedar tree that is scheduled to be cut down to make room for six new affordable housing units, according to a report. The activist, nicknamed Droplet ...

SEATTLE — The fight to save Luma the Cedar and Doug the Fir has opened up a wider conversation about how property owners/developers are able to obtain permits to cut down trees in Seattle. Activists ...

A massive Western red cedar is slated to be cut down in Northeast Seattle as part of a development project. But now activists have climbed into its branches, and say they’re seeking to preserve it. A ...

Last spring, Seattle rushed to pass a new tree ordinance that claimed to include robust tree protection. In contrast, the city’s own Urban Forestry Commission condemned the ordinance as “flawed and ...

Seattle City Light's tree-trimming program, criticized alternately as lethargic and inept, and the agency's unwillingness to enlist private tree-clearing companies after the storm are being blamed by ...

SEATTLE — People in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood are hoping to save a large Western Redcedar slated to be cut down to build more housing. Signs of a construction zone are visible on Northeast 88th ...

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. SEATTLE — Across the U.S., cities are struggling ...

Seattle is currently mapping how it will grow over the next 20 years. Mayor Bruce Harrell wants to double the city’s housing capacity, with the hope of bringing down costs. But as residential ...

An image of someone shopping for a Christmas tree at a lot in the Seattle area. (KOMO News) SEATTLE — People in the market for a real Christmas tree in 2024 might get sticker shock, but not for the ...

Talk Show Host and Columnist at Seattle Red AM 770 Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell had one job at last week’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony: lead the countdown, smile, and let families revel in the ...

Cutting down a tree is one of those jobs that seems simple until you’re standing at the base of a 40-foot oak with a rope, a chainsaw and no idea what to do next. Whether your tree is leaning a little ...