Members of Seattle’s LGBTQ plus community are calling out a decision from a King County Superior Court Judge requiring the city to crack down on public nudity at Denny Blaine Park within the next two weeks.

KUOW’s Noel Gasca has more on the reaction from park-goers.

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If you take too much cedar bark or too many boughs off a tree, it could be a crime. Cedar trees are culturally important for some Northwest tribes. They use it for art and daily life. Plus, taking too much off a tree could kill it.

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HOST LEDE: Keeping your eyes open in the woods is important. That’s what one woman found out near Ocean Shores, Washington. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt has more.] [SOQ 0:49]

Much of inland western Oregon is under a heat advisory through tomorrow night/ tonight [Wednesday].

The National Weather Service’s Spokane office appears to have at least six job vacancies, according to a Tuesday [July 15] staff listing on their website.

The National Weather Service in Spokane has an unprecedented number of vacancies following federal cuts early this year. N-W-P-B’s Rachel Sun reports.

The FBI and US Marshals have arrested nine Spokane demonstrators for actions during anti-immigration enforcement protests last month.

As Spokane Public Radio’s Owen Henderson reports, one of their fathers says the agents deployed what he called "Gestapo tactics.”

Nine Spokanites have been arrested by the FBI for their actions during protests against federal immigration enforcement last month.

Ashland is finalizing a plan that outlines how to protect the city from wildfires. This Community Wildfire Protection Plan updates one from 2004.

Ashland is finalizing a plan that will hopefully make the city a climate refuge in the era of massive wildfires. Jefferson Public Radio's Roman Battaglia (buh-TALLY-uh) reports it’s the first update in more than 20 years.