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Two power lines sag across a front yard strewn with branches and a fallen tree in front of a two-level house in King County after the November 2024 bomb cyclone.

Local Life/October 15, 2026

Enumclaw power outage map, who to call and PSE's $50 credit

Enumclaw power outage? PSE's map and number, the city's gas lines, how PSE sets restoration times, generator rules and its $50 credit for long outages.

Rows of small sheared Christmas trees in a field at a tree farm in Oakland, Oregon, in October 2025, with taller trees, a few houses and a concrete bridge behind them under a cloudy sky.

Local Life/October 14, 2026

Christmas tree farms near Enumclaw with dates and prices

Christmas tree farms near Enumclaw: Honeytree opens Nov. 27, 2026 and Coates Nov. 21, both on Green Valley Road. Prices, hours, species and the permit option.

Front Street in Leavenworth, Washington, at night in December 2012, with a half-timbered building outlined in white Christmas lights, lit storefronts down the street and a tall tree wrapped in white lights.

Day Trips/October 14, 2026

Leavenworth Christmas lights dates, hours and parking

Leavenworth Christmas lights are on 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, Thanksgiving through February, with no switch-on. The 2026 dates, costs, parking and the drive.

An adult bald eagle with a white head and yellow bill perched with its wings half open on a bare, lichen-hung branch above the Skagit River southwest of Corkindale, Washington, against a pale winter sky.

Day Trips/October 14, 2026

Where to see bald eagles in Washington, the Skagit River

Where to see bald eagles in Washington: the Skagit from Rockport to Marblemount, late November to January. Viewpoints, center hours, river rules, the drive.

The three rust-red steel arches of the Foothills Trail bridge over the White River at Buckley, Washington, seen from one approach in May 2025, with driftwood on the riverbank below.

Outdoors & River/October 14, 2026

Foothills Trail from Enumclaw to Puyallup, every trailhead

Foothills Trail from Enumclaw to Puyallup: about 24 paved miles, every trailhead and its parking, the rules, and the bridge work scheduled for late 2026.

Hereford cattle grazing in a fenced pasture on the Enumclaw plateau in March 2019, with bare trees, the Cascade foothills and snow-covered Mount Rainier behind them.

Local Life/October 14, 2026

Is Enumclaw in the lahar zone? What the USGS map says

Is Enumclaw in the lahar zone? No: the USGS map puts the town in the ash zone only. The zone starts two miles out on the White River, which has no sirens.

The Paradise Inn at Mount Rainier buried in snow to its dormer windows, with the Tatoosh Range behind it under a clear sky.

Outdoors & River/October 13, 2026

Is Mount Rainier open in winter? Yes, by one road

Is Mount Rainier open in winter? Yes, by car through one entrance. The Enumclaw route, Longmire gate hours, the chain rule, what is open at Paradise, and fees.

A roadside sign ordering chains on vehicles over 10,000 pounds beside U.S. 12 at White Pass, with light snow on the firs and the road shoulder.

Local Life/October 13, 2026

Enumclaw to Yakima in winter means Snoqualmie or White Pass

Enumclaw to Yakima in winter is about 146 miles over Snoqualmie Pass or 173 over White Pass. What each chain sign means, the $500 penalty, and where to check.

Cars parked in a plowed Sno-Park lot between deep snow berms and snow-covered fir trees at Crystal Springs Sno-Park, under a gray sky crossed by a power line.

Outdoors & River/October 13, 2026

Sno-Park permit in Washington, $25 a day or $50 a season

Sno-Park permit in Washington: $25 a day or $50 a season, $3 more at vendors. Where to buy it, the $70 sticker, the three lots east of Enumclaw and the fine.

A chest-high wall of split and round firewood with bark and sawn ends toward the camera, snowflakes in the air and a gray sky above.

Local Life/October 13, 2026

Firewood near Enumclaw, the free permit and the cord law

Firewood near Enumclaw: the national forest's free permit, six cords a year, the cutting rules and office hours, DNR's no-permit status and the cord law.

Basalt cliffs above a slope of dry grass and sagebrush at the headquarters canyon of the Oak Creek Wildlife Area west of Naches, photographed in June with no elk present.

Day Trips/October 13, 2026

Oak Creek elk feeding station, when to go and what it costs

Oak Creek elk feeding station near Naches: when the hay starts, the 1:30 p.m. feeding, visitor center hours, truck tours, the Discover Pass and the drive.

A winter tire with rows of small metal studs set into its tread blocks, seen in a car's wheel well beneath a dusty coil spring.

Local Life/October 12, 2026

Studded tires in Washington are legal Nov. 1 to March 31

Studded tires in Washington are legal Nov. 1 through March 31. What the fine is, when WSDOT extends the deadline and why studs never count as chains.