Martha Bellisle

A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been tasked with overhauling the federal agency that manages vast tracts of public lands.

President Donald Trump says he is pardoning a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a federal bribery case.

Forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon say Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge.

In the final days of the Washington legislative session, lawmakers hashed out agreements to approve a bill that sets limits on rent increases and a measure that gives striking workers unemployment payments.

Duana Ricks-Johnson, a disabled veteran and single parent, had to move her family five times in the past four years because of rent increases.

Lawyers file wrongful death notice against Idaho city for family of boy shot by police

Employees across the Department of the Interior have until the end of Wednesday to respond to the latest offer to take buyouts or early retirement.

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is directing national parks to remain open and accessible despite staff cuts, And he says officials will ensure proper staffing to let that happen.

Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington are considering whether striking workers should receive unemployment benefits.

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has fired a coach and a director after The Associated Press reported that the coach was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete.