By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Aug. 17--Fierce winds Thursday afternoon forced firefighters to retreat from the South Pend D'oreille fire, which is burning in remote, steep terrain along the Canadian border in Washington's northeast corner.

By Nick Eaton and James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Jul. 17--The Tunk Grade fire, south of Tonasket, Wash., escalated to more than 8,000 acres Monday afternoon, prompting authorities to call for state mobilization.

By Rich Landers, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. May 24--Assembling camping gear is a pre-Memorial Day weekend ritual for many Inland Northwesters, but don't stop there.

MISSOULA, Mont. - The federal government broke the law by not addressing flaws in a study it relied on in allowing maintenance of roads in grizzly bear habitat in parts of Montana, Idaho and Washington, a judge ruled Wednesday. The U.S.

By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Nov. 26--CHEWELAH, Wash. -- An environmentalist and a sawmill owner took a walk in the woods. It sounds like the start of a joke, or maybe the setting of a horror movie with lots of chain-saw action.