After 10 years of legal battles, the Sinixt tribe won recognition and hunting rights in their traditional homelands across the Canadian border.

Cash-strapped pet owners struggling to take care of their furry friends are finding aid through shelters across the city.

As the dust settles in Olympia, the state has finally embraced cap and trade, electric cars and environmental justice.

Seattleites have received mixed messages about spending time in parks. We should encourage outdoor socialization as much as possible.

For Native communities, the reclamation of land goes hand in hand with the reclamation of identity.

The Department of the Interior has often prioritized the needs of plants, animals and colonists over the Native people it oversees. That could change under its first Native leader.

In May, Megan Duffy will lead the state’s Recreation and Conservation Office, a small-but-mighty division that funds everything from land acquisition to salmon recovery. 

Economists are predicting a surge of post-pandemic growth. Should we root for the Roaring 20s?

Two bills before the state Legislature impose new costs and bureaucracies without reducing emissions all that much.