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
Environment
The threats facing Washington's cougars
Expanded development on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, viewed as a climate refuge, is encroaching on prime wildlife habitat. As big cats find it harder to avoid people, many are winding up dead.
Amid heavy smoke, wildfire crews work without practical respirators
'There are times where you just don’t breathe, because you can’t.'
Billions spent on hatcheries, habitat fails to help native Columbia River salmon, study finds
An Oregon State professor and U.S. Geological Survey biologist reviewed 50 years of data on fish survival and hatchery costs
Tribes call for feds to ban chemical in car tires that is linked to salmon deaths
So far, a more environmentally-friendly alternative to keep tire rubber from degrading hasn’t emerged.
What WA’s new wildfire smoke rules might mean for outdoor workers
Washington could be the second state to impose permanent safety regulations, but employers and workplace advocates disagree on the proposal.
New law pushes Washington cities and counties to plan for climate change
They’ll have to incorporate strategies to cut emissions and better withstand natural disasters and severe weather into their long-term plans.
How developers helped shape Seattle’s controversial tree protection ordinance
Urban tree advocates question builders’ behind-the-scenes role
High gas prices fuel talk of anti-gouging measures, cap-and-trade tweaks
Washington’s new climate policy is taking heat for the state’s highest-in-the-nation prices at the pump. But the law’s backers say oil companies are to blame.
Oregon among states planning to sue EPA for allowing sales of polluting wood-burning stoves
Oregon’s attorney general joins nine other attorneys general to demand greater regulation of pollution from residential wood-burning stoves
In northwest WA, trouble brews over river bacteria locals say is flowing in from Canada
Farmers and others in Whatcom County want Gov. Inslee and British Columbia officials to help solve the pollution problems in the Nooksack River watershed.
Growth, drought, aging infrastructure: Here’s why Idaho utility prices are rising
Idaho Power and Avista have filed an application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to raise their prices