Fishing companies say long waits between seasons can be common, but labor experts say offshore foreign workers are “uniquely unprotected” under U.S. policies.
Residents of parks owned by Port Orchard-based Hurst & Son have reported smelly tap water, E. coli outbreaks and raw sewage exposure to state agencies.
A Seattle nonprofit has invested millions to provide the 300 residents of Hamilton with a route to higher ground. But some residents insist, ‘We're not relocating.’
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.