Environment Digital maps show how climate change’s impact in WA isn’t equal From floods to wildfires, mapping programs in Cascadia are showing scientists which communities face higher risk. by Peter Fairley / March 1, 2021
Politics Mushrooms, meetups and mainstreaming the movement to decriminalize drugs Once at the vanguard of drug liberalization, Washington has fallen behind as others have legalized some psychedelics. Now one group of activists wants to catch up, and then some. by Eric Scigliano / November 25, 2019
Politics What's next for Seattle's 'most dangerous street'? Cars drive along Rainier Avenue South in Columbia City, where the Seattle Department of Transportation is considering changes to the street. by Eric Scigliano / October 1, 2017
Environment How the West’s divided electric grid slows green growth A hodgepodge of utilities run the West’s electrical grid. Will billions in federal funding help them get along? by Peter Fairley InvestigateWest / August 25, 2021
Environment How strengthening the PNW’s electrical grid could end up doing harm A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates. by Peter Fairley InvestigateWest / July 22, 2021
News In WA, a ‘black box’ of practices hides civil forfeiture from oversight The state ranks near worst in the nation for constraints on civil asset forfeiture. by Eric Scigliano / July 14, 2021
News The strange, failed fight to rein in civil forfeiture in Washington Washington police sell or use millions of dollars’ worth of seized property each year. Legislators haven’t managed to change the rules. by Eric Scigliano / July 13, 2021
News WA civil forfeiture law turns minor drug offenses into major losses Even as Washington winds down its drug war, police still seize homes and cash from low-level suspects. by Eric Scigliano / July 12, 2021
Politics A suicide in jail: Did photographer Michael Clinard have to die? An inmate at King County Jail warned he would die, and did — in a tragedy that raises questions about Washington's mental health crisis. by Eric Scigliano / April 20, 2018
Amtrak finds it hard to take citizens' help, even when they build a station The railroad station in Olympia by C.B. Hall / February 21, 2012