The federal government helped make the islands a national monument. But locals worry a Trump-era focus on making public lands productive could be their undoing.

Confusion over the Public Records Act has Washington lawmakers adopting new practices that may or may not have anything to do with the actual law.

The pay-it-forward project shows how a fun fundraiser can make a real difference. 

"All I can cough up is grief."

Washington is cutting fewer checks for those in need, but counts more welfare spending toward “preventing out of wedlock pregnancies” than any state in the country.

'Art from Ashes' commemorates 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.

Last year, California banned private detention centers and was promptly sued. Now Washington state legislators are considering a similar ban. 

Lunar New Year celebrations, a sci-fi take on reparations, a hip-hop orchestra and more cultural happenings.

The nonprofit operates on the radical notion that musicians should be paid to make music.

The prolific local historian talks art, counterculture, and the importance of knowing the history of where you live.

A first for Seattle, new Central District apartment building reserves units for residents who've been pushed out.

Meet the Seattle photographer who memorialized the last days of the waterfront highway.

A new bill aims to save salmon and orcas, but is drawing opposition from the building industry for its impact on homeowners.

A new study links warming seawater with reduced food sources for seabirds and fish.

In the wake of a geopolitical crisis, 10 Seattleites talk about turmoil here and abroad.

The Seattle art school's first Black president is on a mission to revamp the century-old institution.  

Gov. Jay Inslee wants Washington state lawmakers to adopt a more aggressive course for curbing greenhouse gas emissions — one that better aligns with the latest science.

The Seattle production casts grown women to play girls, revealing how youthful anxieties linger.

While Australia's catastrophic bushfires rage, local scientists are beginning to understand how smoke exposure affects mortality in the Northwest.

As the company pledges another $250 million, a look at how its first $500 million has played out.