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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...