Environment Cirque du Soleil founder pushes boundaries with interspecies acrobatics Human encounters horse in Cavalia. by katherineluck / January 25, 2012
Environment President Obama's poster fish for reform: the salmon A Chinook salmon. (U.S. Geological Survey) by Daniel Jack Chasan / January 24, 2012
Environment Drug industry has so far stalled safety and pollution measure Mike Hewitt, James Hargrove, Adam Kline by Robert McClure for InvestigateWest / January 22, 2012
Environment Snow reveals obsolescence Sledding at Gasworks Park on Jan. 17 by Feliks Banel / January 21, 2012
Culture 'Snow wimps'? Who is the 'LA Times' calling a wimp? Snow at Pike Place Market by Art Thiel / January 19, 2012
Environment Groundwater mismanagement lets giant feedlots drink their fill Cows in a feedlot. by Cally Carswell for High Country News / January 19, 2012
Environment Provisions for the soul on a winter's day Washington was the only Northwest state to vote for third-party candidate Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. (Social Security Administration) by Anthony B. Robinson / January 17, 2012
Environment Save the phonebook! The distribution of phone books has been targeted by environmentalists and others in much of the world: This Flickr photo from Australia has a caption mocking paper phone books. by Eric Scigliano / January 15, 2012
Environment Green Acre Radio: Environmentalists look warily at Legislature Sen. Sharon Nelson by Martha Baskin / January 15, 2012
Politics The environmental 'plot' against Canada over oil sands? Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper by Peter Ladner / January 12, 2012
Environment Okanogan County takes aim at environmentalist over wolf protection A gray wolf (December, 2011). by Daniel Jack Chasan / January 10, 2012
Environment Why this winter's snowy owl visit captivates us A female Snowy Owl’s brood patch is visible as she returns to the nest. by Martha Baskin / January 9, 2012
Environment Green Acre Radio: The snowy owl mystery A female Snowy Owl’s brood patch is visible as she returns to the nest. by Martha Baskin / January 9, 2012
Politics Heritage Turkeys of the year The mighty Kalakala, icon of the Sound, in better days. by Knute Berger / January 8, 2012
Politics Tolls: a long road still ahead to get best results Traffic on the Highway 520 floating bridge by Douglas MacDonald / January 8, 2012
