Politics Our region is losing the race against sprawl Metronatural Seattle. (Chuck Taylor) by Douglas MacDonald / August 26, 2009
Culture The ultimate Cascades hike, along the ghost railroad A hiker in one of the big abandoned snowsheds of the Iron Goat trail by Douglas MacDonald / August 18, 2010
Equity Metro's high wage scale factors into its bus-service equation Top-scale wages here beat even New York's and San Francisco's. Comparisons like that should generate some buzz at a meeting tonight (June 3) of of Metro's stakeholder task force. by Douglas MacDonald / June 3, 2010
Politics Can Metro Transit make the tough calls? Not so merrily we ride along. (Chuck Taylor) by Douglas MacDonald / May 12, 2010
Does SDOT have a 'safety culture'? Greenwood pedestrians navigate a road-repair site. by Douglas MacDonald / October 30, 2011
Politics Best of 2011: The sorry state of Seattle's streets A crew works on fixing a Seattle street. by Douglas MacDonald / December 25, 2011
Politics Cracked concrete: A fix-it-first warning for Olympia Cracked concrete on I-5 by Douglas MacDonald / April 2, 2013
The 5 biggest roadblocks to great WA transportation Enough of unproductive rhetoric. Here's what we really need to do to fix the Washington state transportation quagmire. by Douglas MacDonald / March 31, 2013
Environment WA farmers brace for summer drought on heels of harvest shortfalls Washington’s agriculture industry has been hit hard by climate change. Growers are working to develop crops that can thrive in shifting landscapes. by Mai Hoang / April 25, 2024
Environment Volunteers power wildfire mitigation efforts in the Tri-Cities Kennewick has a higher fire risk than 92% of U.S. communities. The nonprofit Team Rubicon helps respond to these disasters and prevent future ones. by Mai Hoang / May 13, 2024