Michelle Nijhuis

Michelle Nijhuis, a longtime contributing editor of High Country News, writes from White Salmon, Washington.

Latest work

Tech

Sightings in the Seattle area and Colorado have raised hopes for a species that helps agriculture but seemed to have disappeared.

Michelle Nijhuis • February 22nd

Politics

This article originally appeared in the Aug. 3, 2015 issue of High Country News. Since its publication, fires have again

Michelle Nijhuis • February 22nd

Politics

This story was originally published on The Last Word on Nothing. On the evening of November 29, 1944, in the

Michelle Nijhuis • February 6th