Environment Nick on the Rocks: Mount Baker, the volcano born from volcanoes Shifting glaciers revealed the North Cascade peak’s origins, forged from three ancient volcanoes that lived and died over the past million years. by Shannen Ortale / January 12, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The North Cascades' gneiss-est bedrock The range’s oldest bedrock sits high in the mountains near Canada. But the yellow aster gneiss originated an ocean away 400 million years ago. by Shannen Ortale / January 19, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The mystery of Waterville's basalt boulders Just north of Withrow, WA, pancake-flat fields are dotted with massive rocks that help us visualize an Ice Age glacier. by Shannen Ortale / January 26, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: Why Mount Shuksan is made of sea green stone Greenschist gets its tint from minerals compressed under the ocean long ago. Now it caps an entire mountaintop in the North Cascades. Special thanks to Central Washington University as the original... by Shannen Ortale / January 5, 2024
News The Newsfeed: Key takeaways from the 2024 WA legislative session Lawmakers addressed guns and the environment, but housing was left behind. Also, the deaths of rideshare drivers leads to requests for more aid. by Shannen Ortale / March 21, 2024
Politics Gearing up Seattle to compete in the international game Bill Stafford, Seattle's world citizen by Bill Stafford / January 2, 2011
Environment What Seattle needs to learn from Japan's quake Damage from the Nisqually Quake of 2001. by Bill Stafford / March 13, 2011
Culture There goes another Seattle startup! Brewster's Brewery: part of Crosscut's international empire? by Bill Stafford / April 25, 2011
Politics It's the economic strategy, stupid! A tale of three legislatures, in Olympia, Beijing, and D.C.: Guess which one is able to think strategically about its industries. by Bill Stafford / April 12, 2011
Politics What foreign students learn here often stays here The University of Washington by Bill Stafford / May 19, 2011