Two Colville women were booked into a rural Washington jail. It became a death sentence
Critics say WA jails are letting opioid users suffer from withdrawals, leading to preventable deaths
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Washington foster kids detail abuse at Sequel group homes
Washington foster youths recount mistreatment at out-of-state Sequel Youth & Family Services facilities.
Laws banning private armies go unenforced in Washington
Paramilitary organizations are illegal in Washington and many other states.
Regulators crack down on misleading thrift operations
Within the last decade, state regulators across the country have accused many for-profit secondhand stores of masquerading as charities
Profiting from thrift: Who's getting rich off your secondhand stuff?
The growth of for-profit thrift stores like Value Village Atlanta is expanding nationwide.
Trump administration buries dozens of clean energy studies
The Trump administration has bottled up at least 46 studies by government energy researchers detailing how renewable energy could slash the United States’ contribution to climate change.
With nearly 1 million homes at risk, Washington is losing the wildfire fight
In Washington state, nearly 1 million homes sit near forests threatened by seasonal wildfires.
Farmworkers forced to put harvest over health during wildfires
As wildfires increasingly become the norm, farmworkers work in hazardous smoke conditions up and down the West Coast, with few breaks and few protections.
PNW wildfires sicken people in the Midwest and beyond
Researchers estimate that nearly every American is exposed to wildfire smoke each year, even if they never come close to a fire.
Overstretched wildland firefighters risk lung, heart maladies
Wildland firefighters battle increasingly long and hostile fire seasons and often rely on makeshift cloth masks, which can help keep out large debris but offer no protection from small, smoky particles.
Haunted by fire, a community heals together
Despite back-to-back wildfires, Washington’s Methow Valley got no federal disaster mental-health support.
