Politics
Gluesenkamp Perez faces MAGA rematch for U.S. House in rural WA
The Democratic auto shop owner flipped a red-leaning Congressional district in 2022. She will need to keep it if the party wants to retake the majority.
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
Long Beach’s Willapa refuge turns timber land back into wilderness
Conservation-minded forest management, though costly, helps restore this former logging site as a wildfire-resilient ecosystem.
News
WA teen still waiting for justice after being trafficked via Tinder
While social media and dating apps have become hotbeds of child sex trafficking, Washington legislation has done little to stop it.
Environment
King County’s landfill is scrambling to solve its methane problem
Cedar Hills in Maple Valley is ranked among the top 50 methane-producing landfills in the country. But new science and policy breakthroughs could help.
News
New report details Dobbs’ grim effect on PNW health care access
Bans in other states are overburdening the system as patients flood to West Coast clinics, hindering care for in-state patients.