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Where are the fires in WA? Here's a map of the wildfires burning across the state

This story was updated with the latest wildfire numbers on October 13, 2025, at around 3:30 p.m. As fall sets in, many of the state's wildfires are nearing containment, though a few continue to grow ...
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Washington state is building wildfire risk and hazard maps. Mapmakers need your help

Courtesy of Washington State Department of Transportation / AP Soon, new maps for the state of Washington will help show wildfire risks and hazards. But first, the team creating the maps is asking for ...
MyNorthwest.com

All Over The Map: An abbreviated history of abbreviations for Washington

Sure, everybody knows nowadays to “Say WA,” but the convoluted history of abbreviations for the Evergreen State demands a full accounting. Or at least an abbreviated one. The name of our state — ...
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All Over The Map: Ghosts of the Roosevelt Highway in Washington state

The “Theodore Roosevelt International Highway” – or “Roosevelt Highway,” for short – once connected Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon. For most of the 1920s and well into the 1930s, part of this ...