News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
Culture $18 million GMO fine: A victory too late What's in your cereal bowl? Corporate interests appear to have won most of the battles over GMO labeling. by Praphanit Doowa / December 6, 2016
Politics Search for Pacific Crest Trail hiker takes on new urgency A recent version of a flyer seeking information about missing hiker Kris Fowler by Praphanit Doowa / November 23, 2016
Politics UW, family rewriting neuromuscular research The Frase family shortly before Joshua's death. by Praphanit Doowa / November 22, 2016
Politics Can copper, gold save towns near Mount St. Helens? Morton, Wash., was once a booming logging town. by Eilís O'Neill for EarthFix / September 25, 2017
Environment First wildfire, now teens replenish a tribe's huckleberry harvests Tulalip teens are working to clear brush from a huckleberry field not far from the Skykomish River. Credit Eilís O'Neill/KUOW/EarthFix by Eilís O'Neill for EarthFix / August 22, 2017
Environment About those smoky skies ... Seattle's hazy skyline on Aug. 2, 2017. by Eilís O'Neill for EarthFix / August 3, 2017
A win for local media: The Seattle Globalist lives on From left, Globalist Editorial Director Venice Buhain, Intern Sharayah Lane, Founding Editor Alex Stonehill, Executive Director Jessica Portnow and Community Engagement Editor Christina Twu. by Praphanit Doowa / January 11, 2017