My vision was to build a healthy ecosystem for all who live in it. But I’m worried about the future. With all the severe cuts to federal agencies, lots of really good people have left the EPA. I am ...

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

How peaceful and quiet it was, sitting on my back deck waiting for hummingbirds, watching seeds fly, the ghost flowers and ghost cat in a faded temporal ribbon flicking in and out— The flowers unsown ...

When was the last time you called customer support — anywhere, for any reason — and got another live human being on the line? I suspect it’s been a good long while. Does anyone else immediately start ...

Comments from readers.

Moe K. Clark is a collaborative investigative reporter at InvestigateWest, covering Washington’s criminal justice system and other topics. Her work is supported by the Murrow News Fellowship, a ...

A 2001 policy restricts road construction on Forest Service land. What happens to at-risk species if it’s removed?

Forest collaboratives formed in the wake of the Pacific Northwest’s ‘Timber Wars’ have become major power players operating largely out of the public eye.

IN JUNE, OREGON LAWMAKERS passed new legislation designed to ensure better detection of landfill methane leaks. Senate Bill 726 requires the state’s second-largest dump, Republic Services’ Coffin ...

Data centers use energy to run their servers, and energy and water to cool the processors. Evaporative chillers that work in low humidity use less energy but more water, while refrigerated cooling ...

Ka’ila Farrell-Smith grew up in a community that was deeply involved in the fight for Indigenous rights, protesting broken treaties and other mistreatment of Native American people. Members of the ...

The flash of a red admiral’s tangerine wings, the shadow of a black swallow tail, or the beautiful bright orange hue of monarch butterflies: Each year, a network of volunteers fan out across Colorado ...