For older renters, Western WA’s housing boom can sow insecurity After three forced moves, with a fourth on the horizon, the threat of homelessness looms for one couple amid a daunting housing market. by Josh Cohen / June 13, 2024
News Advocates seek early release for incarcerated youth amid COVID-19 A mother wasn't informed that her son's juvenile facility had a confirmed case. She wants transparency — and her child out. by Emily McCarty / April 23, 2020
Opinion Releasing 1,100 WA inmates with no support is a bad plan With coronavirus already straining vital post-prison services, former inmates will have few places to turn for help. by Hannah Myrick / April 23, 2020
Culture The first known evidence of the Seattle Freeze Post-war growth in 1920 Seattle came with a coldness toward newcomers. Some city boosters suggested a "thaw" was in order. by Knute Berger / April 23, 2020
Culture Mossback's Northwest: The 1941 Seattle 'insult' that still stings Sir Thomas Beecham came to conduct the Seattle Symphony and uttered a sentence that has never been forgotten. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 23, 2020
Environment Apocalypse: Now What? License to drive Readers ask: When and where is it OK to get behind the wheel during a pandemic? We explore the gray area. by Ted Alvarez / April 23, 2020
Politics Seattle rekindles business tax debate in a grim new economy The controversial tax proposal has found new life as unemployment soars and the city faces a $300M budget hole. by David Kroman / April 22, 2020
Opinion If we can mobilize against COVID-19, we can for climate change too Armed with lessons from the pandemic, and with Indigenous knowledge, we can honor Earth Day in lasting ways. by Tracy Rector / April 22, 2020
Culture Seattle’s motorcycle clubs ride free (but socially distanced) Coronavirus has scooter, moped and motorcycle enthusiasts rolling with caution. by Agueda Pacheco Flores / April 22, 2020
News Birth parents fight to visit kids in foster system during pandemic Seeing their children in person may put parents, as well as foster families and social workers, at risk, but can the state stop them? by Rachel Nielsen InvestigateWest / April 22, 2020 / Updated on Friday, April 24 at 5:30 p.m.
News Decriminalization of drug possession could be on WA November ballot The ACLU of Washington calls its proposed initiative a "public health issue." But coronavirus complicates its path to the ballot. by David Kroman / April 21, 2020
Opinion Learning to operate ventilators while worrying about rent In the wake of COVID-19, many of us have lost the jobs we need to afford our education. by Amber Christensen / April 21, 2020
News Coronavirus disrupts child custody plans for WA parents Family courts are closed except for emergencies, leaving many scrambling to improvise new parenting arrangements. by Emily McCarty / April 21, 2020
Inside Cascade PBS The ugly side of 'environmental wins' in the pandemic COVID-19 may be putting a dent in pollution, but we can't lose sight of how it's devastating humanity. by Hannah Weinberger / April 21, 2020
Opinion I gave birth at the start of a pandemic As if becoming a parent wasn't hard enough. by Melissa Santos / April 20, 2020
Culture Seattle photographers trade Zoom calls for a zoom lens During isolation, local artists find creative ways to get close to people — from a distance. by Margo Vansynghel / April 20, 2020
Environment Human Elements: Using bird wings to build better planes Zoology researcher Vikram Baliga is turning everything we know about flight on its head by studying how birds take to the sky. by Sarah Hoffman / April 20, 2020
Environment How to thrive in isolation, according to one of WA's last fire lookouts For ‘Lightning’ Bill Austin, life in a Methow Valley lookout tower isn’t too different from life under social distancing. by Beatriz Costa Lima / April 20, 2020
Environment The pandemic might set back field science for years With stay-at-home orders pausing fieldwork, scientists worry about Washington's threatened species. by Hannah Weinberger / April 17, 2020 / Updated at 2:15 p.m., April 20, 2020
Equity Washington farmers markets are reopening, but won't look the same While marketplaces have long been a place of community, organizers say social distancing requires that they're now ‘all about business.’ by Manola Secaira / April 17, 2020
Culture WA students want tuition refunds after colleges go virtual Students — many in debt and newly unemployed — say a reduced college experience shouldn’t cost as much. Meanwhile, schools have their own budget fears. by Margo Vansynghel / April 17, 2020