Bureau of Indian Affairs

Large smoke plumes can be see on the ridge as officials burn fields of dry grass and brush so they don't have to put out big fires in the future.

The Spokane Tribe Casino is opening the doors to their new casino, Monday night. It will be join three other off reservation casinos in the Spokane area.

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The Yakama Nation is seeking $65.5 million in damages from the Klickitat Public Utility District for a 2013 wildfire that burned almost 20,000 acres of tribal timber land. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that the state says the utility is at fault because its power lines set the blaze. But...