Only one big tree on the development site was spared, the Douglas fir whose roots intertwined most closely with those of Christy Lommers’ fir next door. For Lommers, preserving those two trees in ...

Cities around Seattle are hemmed in by mountains and sea to the east and west, and protected farms and forests to the north and south. Inside that urban growth boundary, developers turn nooks and ...

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 — An early-morning door knock roused a snoozing Rebecca Thorley. In the winter chill at her door stood a friendly City of Seattle worker. He gave a heads-up about upcoming street painting in ...