[Washington] State officials are gearing up to spray insecticide to fight an outbreak of Japanese beetles in South King County.

The spraying program is centered on the Angle Lake area, just south of Sea-Tac Airport.

It's the first in western Washington.

Some of Washington’s state-owned recreation areas could be closed or receive less maintenance attention this summer.

Washington’s lands commissioner is warning budget cuts could lead to state-owned recreation sites closing this summer.

[Washington] State officials caught more than eight-hundred [800] Japanese beetles in South King County last year.

They’re now gearing up to spray two-thousand lawns in the area with pesticides.

KUOW’s John Ryan reports.

A new program will offer grants to businesses in Vancouver’s Fourth Plain corridor if they’ve lost significant revenue in the past year. OPB's Erik Neumann explains.

Oregon House lawmakers voted Tuesday/today to increase the state's lodging tax. As Bryce Dole reports, the money would go toward wildlife conservation and to help ranchers whose cattle are killed by wolves.

Washington state's historic plan to tax high earners is nearing the finish line in the Legislature.

Washington state's historic income tax proposal is moving swiftly through the Legislature.

Oregon Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson may soon have some notable competition as she seeks reelection this year. Dirk VanderHart reports.

Last year, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians petitioned the Oregon Marine Board to impose a motorized boat ban on the upper Siletz river in Lincoln County.The Board is expected to issue a temporary rule at its meeting in early April … KLCC’s Brian Bahouth [BAY-hooth] reports: [SOQ 4:49]