Emily McCarty is formerly a reporter for Crosscut, where she covered central Washington. Before Crosscut, she spent time in Canada covering Indigenous issues, disability, and gender. She has
Garfield County voters helped pass the initiative for $30 car tabs. But its elected officials are worried they'll lose their entire transit system as a result.
Social workers, doctors, and nurses meet patients in untraditional settings, including tents, vans and shelters.
These falconers fly their birds of prey to protect crops, prevent spread of disease and keep refineries clean. They save tens of thousands of dollars for Washington businesses.
Once dominant on the landscape, Washington has lost most of its shrub-steppe ecosystem. But a new land acquisition could help the flora and fauna that rely on it survive.
As wildfires become more common, Washington firefighters are creating support networks for their communities to deal with the mental trauma.
