The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community shows how eelgrass and aquaculture can coexist in Puget Sound.…
Sarah SaxJanuary 19, 2022
InvestigateWest announced this week the addition of four veteran journalists who collectively bring more than…
InvestigateWestJanuary 19, 2022
InvestigateWest is examining the state of the economy across Indian Country, in collaboration with ICT…
Jacob FriesJanuary 13, 2022
Lawmakers could look at more than a dozen climate proposals addressing carbon reduction and other…
John StangJanuary 11, 2022
The West’s largest green energy storage project would destroy a Yakama sacred site. Now, the…
Sarah SaxJanuary 5, 2022
The Washington State Patrol this month announced a study had found “no systemic agency bias”…
Jason BuchDecember 29, 2021
Back in the spring, Jessica Heavner was feeling anxious. She had a new accounting job…
Joy BorkholderDecember 22, 2021
Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions for Washington, Oregon and British Columbia…
InvestigateWestDecember 15, 2021
With farms, ranches and rural communities facing historic drought, a worrying trend leads to a…
Columbia InsightDecember 14, 2021
Although the Central Washington city's car culture reigns, intentional planning in similar small cities might…
Mai HoangDecember 13, 2021
Barbara Risman has studied gender, family, and work for about 40 years. In child care,…
Joy BorkholderDecember 12, 2021
Climate-warming pollution is rising in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Action in 2022 can get…
Peter FairleyDecember 8, 2021
InvestigateWest asked several dozen activists, experts, government officials, and business and labor leaders what can…
Peter FairleyDecember 8, 2021
By Lizz Giordano / Crosscut This report is contributed by Crosscut, a partner in InvestigateWest’s…
Lizz GiordanoNovember 18, 2021
It’s hard to get an economy moving again when almost half of your potential workers…
Joy BorkholderNovember 17, 2021
Acting on international calls to freeze fossil fuel infrastructure, citizen activists working with environmental justice…
Peter FairleyNovember 10, 2021
InvestigateWest today announced it has received a second $100,000 gift from local philanthropists Lisa Mennet…
InvestigateWestNovember 10, 2021
In Washington state and across the country, the financial realities of child care are like…
Joy BorkholderNovember 2, 2021
An update: How bias may subject Latino ballots to greater scrutiny Most states expanded access…
Joy BorkholderOctober 22, 2021
Retrofitting programs across Cascadia make a difference, but results are probably too small and too…
Andrew EngelsonOctober 8, 2021
Driven to become the world’s ‘greenest city,’ it discovered how bumpy the road could get.…
Shannon OsakaOctober 1, 2021
Jacob Fries, an editor experienced in leading groundbreaking work by journalists, will take over leadership…
InvestigateWestSeptember 23, 2021
Even a green city like Bellingham has learned it’s not easy to cap demand for…
Ysabelle KempeSeptember 22, 2021
Couple launches a nonprofit project to improve forest health, limit fires and capture carbon. …
Mandy GodwinSeptember 1, 2021
Insights: Proponents of a heftier, coordinated grid assess its importance — and barriers to their…
Peter FairleyAugust 18, 2021
Those on both sides of a federal lawsuit see daunting obstacles to providing safer, healthier…
Allegra AbramoAugust 4, 2021
Two species of the bottom-feeding sucker fish that inhabit the Upper Klamath Lake and nearby…
Kendra ChamberlainJuly 30, 2021
Three viewpoints: A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism…
Peter FairleyJuly 21, 2021
The state has until Nov. 1 to implement an alternative plan to house foster youth.…
InvestigateWestJune 28, 2021
