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The Port of Morrow is surrounded by four industrial parks with data processing centers, an ethanol plant and food processors.

Environment

Port of Morrow continued to pollute after January fine, now faces $2.1 million fine, state says

Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle June 22, 2022

Nearly half of Amazon shareholders agree: Time to cut back on plastic packaging

Pollution

Nearly half of Amazon shareholders agree: Time to cut back on plastic packaging

Joseph Winters / Grist June 22, 2022

Alison Henken (left) of Boise and Heather Etcheverry of Kimberly brought their children to the Capitol on June 11, 2022, to

Government

Idaho’s federal lawmakers take gun money, won’t comment on gun control policies

Audrey Dutton / Idaho Capital Sun June 15, 2022

Disability Rights Washington found dismal conditions at Clarinda Academy, an Iowa facility where Washington kids were being

Government

State reaches settlement in lawsuit over foster kids being put in hotels, sent out of state

Wilson Criscione June 14, 2022

A view from the lower, undeveloped part of the Flowery Trail neighborhood where slash piles have been burned, outside

Climate

Growing sprawl in WA woods comes with high wildfire risk

Policymakers and homeowners are scrambling to manage the so-called 'wildland-urban interface' to mitigate the threat

Anushuya Thapa June 14, 2022

Esther Magasis, director of the Yakima County Department of Human Services, at her office at the Yakima County Courthouse

Government

Administrative delays cost Yakima County $1.1M in federal rent relief

Yakima was the only Washington county to have rent assistance funds forcibly reallocated under the federal 'use it or lose it' approach.

Brandon Block / Cascade PBS June 13, 2022

Parents have reported to State Senator Sara Gelser Blouin that their kids with disabilities are being denied access to

Government

Some Oregon kids with disabilities being denied access to summer learning, classroom hours owed

Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle June 12, 2022

Interior Department to phase out single-use plastics on all public lands

Pollution

Interior Department to phase out single-use plastics on all public lands

Joseph Winters / Grist June 10, 2022

Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand

Government

Oregon groups appeal to president over concerns of white supremacist threats

Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle June 7, 2022

Two investigative reporters join InvestigateWest

Newsroom Announcements

Two investigative reporters join InvestigateWest

InvestigateWest June 7, 2022

The pandemic isn’t over, Idaho. This is what COVID looks like here, today.

Public Health

The pandemic isn’t over, Idaho. This is what COVID looks like here, today.

Audrey Dutton / Idaho Capital Sun June 3, 2022

When the heat is unbearable but there’s nowhere to go

Climate

When the heat is unbearable but there’s nowhere to go

How last year’s record-breaking heat wave caused misery and chaos for Washington’s incarcerated population — and why it’s set to happen all over again.

Sarah Sax / High Country News June 1, 2022

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