Politics Should cops be involved in all Washington human trafficking cases? Some advocates say that legislation requiring law enforcement endangers survivors at risk of retaliation. by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / January 22, 2024
Indigenous Affairs How the case of a missing Indigenous teen fell through the cracks No one was looking for Kit Nelson-Mora, despite warning signs, until a friend contacted police over a year after their disappearance in Omak. by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / February 14, 2024
News WA school districts aren’t following up on their truant students Laws on unexcused absences are meant to keep kids safe, but a lack of resources and fear of court have kept districts from completing necessary steps. by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / March 5, 2024
News WA courts are meant to fine convicted sex buyers. Most don’t Courts could have collected over $2.5 million in fees in the past decade, which would have gone to programs to alleviate trafficking. Why didn’t they? by Kelsey Turner InvestigateWest / March 25, 2024
Politics History has a near-death experience The Southern Oregon Historical Society, in Jacksonville's 1883 courthouse by Joe Follansbee / September 23, 2009
Ah, Cappella! Arvo Pärt, a modern composer in the Eastern Orthodox Church tradition by Thomas May / August 10, 2009
At ACT, a tacky Texas sendup of Wagner's 'Ring' Richard Ziman as Wotan in ACT's <i>Das Barbecu</i> by Thomas May / August 8, 2009
Investigations Battered by destructive floods, Grays Harbor bets on a $182M levee A 'once-in-a-generation' project could help Washington coastal cities Hoquiam and Aberdeen hold off economically devastating climate disasters. by Hannah Weinberger / January 17, 2023
Politics The country’s bad mood may doom state heritage-tourism plan Cape Flattery, the farthest northwest point of the contiguous U.S. by Joe Follansbee / June 29, 2010
Crosscut Tout: Theater productions around Seattle Michael Mitnick, playwright of "Babs the Dodo" by Thomas May / February 5, 2011