Welcome to Leavenworth, Washington, the Christmas capital of the Pacific Northwest. Decades ago, Leavenworth was a near ghost town on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains, one of the region ...

As the holiday season approaches, your mind may be filled with visions of a picturesque Main Street lined with white twinkling lights, decked-out Christmas trees and gently falling snow.

The Christmas holiday is long gone, but trees are still awaiting pickup in parts of Washington, D.C. Dried-up trees were spotted laying along the curb outside many homes in Northwest on Thursday.

There will be little rest for the wind-weary in western Washington this Christmas. After a nice respite on Christmas Eve, another major winter storm is rolling in just in time for the holidays.