A Thurston County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction blocking the City of Tumwater from cutting down the 400-year-old Davis Meeker oak

The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of those working to save the Davis Meeker oak.

New risk assessment says the oak tree is healthy, just as the citizen's group had been saying all along.

DATELINE— TUMWATER, WA The citizens group working to save an historic 400-year-old oak tree in Tumwater are celebrating this week after receiving a second partial victory in the Washington Court of Appeals. It came a month after another ruling in the tree’s favor by the same court. In the latest ruling , the court decided that the group did not have to rewrite its reply brief. The mayor had wanted the reply brief redone because it contains “extra-record evidence,” which is ev