Environment
A decade after the Oso landslide, WA works to improve preparedness
The Snohomish County disaster killed 43 residents in 2014. Today, geologists can better help people get out of harm’s way due to boosts in tech and funding.
Ashli Blow
Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal
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Environment
King County must take swifter action to save salmon, auditor says
The Fish Passage Restoration Program was supposed to remove barriers like road culverts, but a new report finds it may fail to reach its goals.
News
Activists monitor Seattle’s Boeing Field deportation flights
When the U.S. government sued King County to resume flights, volunteers set up a way to track “ICE Air,” which transports deportees via private carriers.
Politics
Legislature decides WA schools should include LGBTQ+ history
SB 5462 would require state curricula to teach the perspectives and experiences of historically marginalized groups.
Politics
A heap of housing bills failed in WA’s legislative session
Proposals concerning rent stabilization and increased housing density died this time, in contrast to 2023’s “year of housing” when 10 passed.