How a race between rival crews brought Native and UW paddlers closer to the sport — and each other.

Crosscut is collecting questions from readers to help shape a conversation between Soledad O’Brien and Miles O’Brien about homelessness and coronavirus in Seattle.

Ken Wu catalogs and measures British Columbia’s biggest trees in order to protect them.

Sir Thomas Beecham came to conduct the Seattle Symphony and uttered a sentence that has never been forgotten.

For ‘Lightning’ Bill Austin, life in a Methow Valley lookout tower isn’t too different from life under social distancing.

With stay-at-home orders pausing fieldwork, scientists worry about Washington's threatened species.

A rare photograph shows President Kennedy's 1961 detour under an unfinished Space Needle.

The deadly Centralia Tragedy saw conflict between the Wobblies and the American Legion — and left behind a debated legacy.

By studying how Indigenous societies use fire, ecologist Ernesto Alvarado is learning how we can fight wildfires.

The Pacific Coast’s only indigenous oyster, the Olympia, was eaten into near-extinction. It could be making a comeback.

Testing and forensic tracing of COVID-19 could have slowed the pandemic in its earliest days. But by the time anyone noticed, it was too late.

An aerospace engineering professor uses origami to inspire effective design.

Faced with massive financial loss, Tulip Town makes a play for virtual strolling.

Inslee’s order makes exceptions for outdoor activities. But packed trails and at-risk rural communities suggest hikers should stay close to home.