Culture 'A quiet crisis': The rise of acidic soil in Washington A farm in the Palouse region, which includes parts of Eastern Washington. by Sylvia Kantor / August 17, 2015
Environment Fishers are back in Washington — but can they survive? Biologists released a handful of the endangered, weasel-like animals in 2008, but now they must find out if the population is sustaining itself. by Ken Christensen for EarthFix / January 31, 2018
Opinion A business tax can ease Seattle’s homeless crisis To fix Seattle’s homelessness crisis, we need big solutions that will include more revenue. by Katie Wilson / March 20, 2018
Environment Tempers flare over how a solar company gambled with customers’ money Customers say Legend Solar took money for solar panels that were never delivered. by Tony Schick EarthFix / March 15, 2018
Best of 2015: Open letter to Jeff Bezos – Seattle transit could use Amazon's help By Katie Wilson by Katie Wilson / December 26, 2015
Environment Pacific NW companies implicated in illegal rainforest logging A four-year investigation found companies in Oregon and Washington selling hardwoods illegally harvested from rainforests in Gabon and Congo. by Tony Schick & Conrad Wilson & David Steves OPB / March 25, 2019
Opinion Safeco plan, a boon for billionaires, ignores our real problems Funding stadium improvements for the Mariners is a bad deal in our housing crisis. by Katie Wilson / August 22, 2018
Politics Oregon derailment was one of many for Union Pacific After last month’s fiery oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge, federal regulators put the blame on Union Pacific Road for failing to maintain its track. by Tony Schick for EarthFix / July 28, 2016
Environment The quest to create a greener guitar Steve McMinn runs Pacific Rim Tonewoods near Concrete, Wash. The company mills wood grown in the Pacific Northwest for guitarmakers. by Ken Christensen for EarthFix / December 1, 2016