RANDLE, Wash. — Both directions of US 12 between Packwood and the White Pass Summit will remain closed through the weekend due to the Goat Rocks Fire. The wildfire is located two miles northeast of ...

An elk was sedated and freed from a hammock May 2 in Packwood, Washington, wildlife officials said. The animal spent the winter with the hammock stuck around its antlers. Washington Department of Fish ...

Anyone who has traveled between Eastern and Western Washington by car knows there are a lot of unincorporated communities, tiny towns and abandoned land on the way. Sometimes, the long drive is enough ...

A young elk kept returning to a hunter’s cabin in Packwood, Washington, to play with a target. It prevented the man from hunting larger elk. Screengrab from Mike Erickson's video A young elk kept ...

Nestled in the Cascade foothills in East Lewis County along U.S. Highway 12, many residents in Packwood enjoy the quiet, isolated lifestyle and being connected to nature, with elk herds famously ...