Nancy Curtis stands in front of the coast redwood in the front yard of a property she owns in west Olympia. The tree, measuring 30 feet in circumference, is currently the largest Olympia tree that has ...

In coastal Oregon, the state's tallest fir tree is burning. Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) are Oregon's most common trees, but the tree that's ablaze, known as the Doerner Fir, is special.

Lou Ellyn Jones stood beneath the outstretched branches of a Western redcedar in the corner of her backyard in northeast Olympia, recounting the peace it brought her during the COVID-19 pandemic. She ...