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Wildfire season in the Pacific Northwest typically runs from April through November, peaking in August and September when the weather is hottest and driest. As our climate continues to change, wildfires have become an increasingly large part of the summer and fall, making it important that we all do our part to prevent and prepare.
The Olympian
U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier warned this week that health insurance costs will soar for countless Washington families.
At a Tuesday news conference at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, the Washington Democrat noted that many constituents are concerned about the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s steep cuts to Medicaid, which provides health care coverage for low-income people.
The Seattle Times
I didn’t see a single piece of trash throughout my first mile and a half hiking in the Enchantments earlier this month.
Normally, that would be a welcome sight. But on this occasion, the cleanliness of our surroundings made my host and hiking companion, Mat Lyons, sweat bullets.
Living Snoqualmie
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe celebrated a milestone in cultural preservation and community health with the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Harvest Kitchen and Greenhouse Classroom on the Tribal Administration Campus.
The Seattle Times
COLCHUCK LAKE, Chelan County — Can a lone ranger patrol 900 miles of trails in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest by herself? In the federal wilderness of Washington’s Cascades, the answer this summer is a resounding no — but right now that’s the reality.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), sent a letter demanding that the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, and U.S.
SourceOne News
LEAVENWORTH - Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), is calling on top federal officials to address a dire staffing shortage impacting the Enchantments region of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Central Washington. In a letter sent to Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, Schrier demanded urgent staffing increases to reverse what she described as “dreadful and even unsafe” conditions at the popular wilderness destination.
Inside Health Policy
Take a tour of the new Lake Chelan Boys & Girls Club inside the Chelan Community Center with unit director Angela Collins and you’ll see up close and personal what programs aimed at school-age children can do, aside from just keeping them occupied during summer or before and after school.
This week, Congresswoman Kim Schrier joined community leaders and staff at Food Lifeline–an organization that supplies Washington food banks–to discuss how the recent passage of Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill is endangering access to food by dramatically cutting nutrition assistance programs.