Reporter Joseph O’Sullivan visited one of the state penitentiaries that is trying to change the relationship between guards and prisoners.

One proposal involves replacing the waterscape — dinosaur sculptures and all — with a meadow of native plants. But will the Seattle Landmarks Board sign off?

'We've been here since time immemorial, and we're making a statement that we're going to continue to be here.'

Of the 24,000 residents with felony records now able to vote, just 414 did so last fall. Advocates hope to increase registration and voter education.

Some experts say workers will quickly find new jobs. Others are calling the layoffs the beginning of an economic downturn.

With only 358 of the endangered animals left, the Marmot Recovery Foundation is working to release captive marmots in mountain burrows.

As climate change reveals the importance of urban trees, residents in a Tacoma neighborhood with sparse canopy coverage are breaking ground themselves.

David Cottrell of North Cove has thrown hay bales, stumps and $400 of rocks at the rising coastline. His experiment caught the eye of global experts.

Plus, a Chihuly documentary that goes behind the glass and Northwest writers up for national book awards.

In King County, public health ambassadors with cultural connections help break down patient/provider barriers.

Considered a lesser-known work by the ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ author, ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window’ makes its PNW debut at Erickson Theatre.

If the legislation passes, Washington would be just the second state in the U.S. to amend its blood alcohol content limit.

Seattle may have the highest rents statewide, but communities such as Walla Walla and Spokane have seen the most drastic losses in affordability.

Seattleites turned out in droves to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with lion dances, martial arts and plenty of food.

The Washington Senate's Republican minority leader said he'd welcome an independent investigation into Democrats’ use of ‘legislative privilege.’

Film noir at SIFF, an Afghan arts festival, a Brazilian carnival and a pop-up Black history museum.

Western European forms have long dominated dance education in the U.S. Journalist Marcie Sillman tells us how the University of Washington is changing that. 

Emails obtained by Crosscut show that officials were withholding documents concerning the capital-gains tax and political redistricting.

Tacoma-based MultiCare hopes to fund Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital services that are currently unavailable, including open-heart surgery.

As a child, Chelsea Murphy felt she didn’t belong outside. Now the Leavenworth-based founder of She Colors Nature is making sure her daughters do.