QUILCENE — The Jefferson County PUD agreed to pay a private property owner $62,500 in a settlement after its trenching killed an approximate 120-foot-tall fir tree and damaged others.

RMT strike action will hit the Tube from Friday Sept 5 to Thursday Sept 11 - Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Commuters face heavy disruption on their journeys to work after unions announced strikes on the ...

A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire.Wildland firefighters with ...

RMT strike action will hit the Tube from Friday Sept 5 to Thursday Sept 11 - Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Tube strikes caused chaos on the London Underground on Monday, with transport officials warning ...

London commuters are facing more Tube strike disruption in the coming days amid a “total collapse in industrial relations”. Both the Tube and the Docklands Light railway have been hit by staff ...

Two of the most devastating and deadly coal mine disasters in Wyoming history hit Kemmerer mines over a 13-month period from ...

Thousands of commuters faced a nightmare journey to work on Monday as Tube services were wiped out by staff walkouts. Hardly any London Underground trains are operating with a complete wipeout over ...

The Altadena Community Garden in Los Angeles was a rare space for the neighborhood. Its gardeners are determined to reclaim ...

Every time we turn around these days, prices seem to be going up. Fortunately, we don't have to spend all our time digging around in our couch cushions looking for change — there are actually some ...

If you find any problems, they’re usually relatively easy to fix (unlike the patio problem above, yikes). You can find a YouTube video and get parts at your local hardware store. The only issue is ...

Fifteen years of golf, thousands spent in lessons and equipment, yet he's grinding metal on asphalt because nobody ever ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...