A beloved Mercer Island teacher was accused twice of sexual misconduct with students. The school district kept it quiet.
Gary "Chris" Twombley was put on administrative leave in December 2023
Environment
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
WA passes climate goals for crypto and data centers while OR’s effort fails
Amazon opposition, community outcry kill Oregon bill
Three Decades of Well Water Pollution in Rural Oregon Sees Almost No Government Action
Community organizers band together to tackle pollution from food processors and industrial farming.
How Washington plans to spend money from the new carbon-cap law
Lawmakers are looking to invest revenue from the Climate Commitment Act in electric buses, ferries and more clean-energy projects around the state.
Oregon could tighten climate regulations for data centers, cryptocurrency farms
A 2021 law exempted local publicly-owned and co-op power utilities, common in eastern Oregon, from emissions rules
EPA and a Montana mining company promise action after InvestigateWest report exposes public health concerns
Previous reporting showed how regulators and the mine teamed up to rebut independent researchers
How auditing giant KPMG became a global sustainability leader while serving companies accused of forest destruction
The firm vouched for an Indonesian company with a supply chain beset by deforestation allegations and a project in Canada that led to an Indigenous forest’s “death by a thousand cuts”