Politics The coming Metro Transit cuts are a rare opportunity Standing room only on a Seattle bus. (Chuck Taylor) by Fred Jarrett / September 23, 2009
Politics A once-in-a-generation chance for regionalism Short buses are the rule in rural transit. (Julie Van Pelt) by Fred Jarrett / November 1, 2009
Politics A step-by-step guide to Washington’s school funding problems by Kate Schimel / September 27, 2015
Environment When the wildfire season never ends When Bob Johnson, wildfire division manager for the Washington Department of Natural Resources, thinks about past fire seasons, he does so with a certain amount of nostalgia. by Kate Schimel for High Country News / September 5, 2015
Environment 6 things to know about conservation and the Farm Bill The Trump administration wants to make big cuts to the Farm Bill's conservation budget. by Eilís O'Neill EarthFix/KUOW / April 9, 2018
Environment State: Escape of 250,000 salmon was ‘entirely preventable’ Far more farmed salmon escaped from a collapsed net pen in Puget Sound than was first reported. by Eilís O'Neill for EarthFix / January 30, 2018
Politics Should Seattle's interim superintendent stick around for good? Sharon Peaslee by Kate Schimel / December 4, 2014
Environment What the death of WA’s carbon tax says about the future Some lessons gained from the failure of Initiative 1631. by Kate Schimel High Country News / February 6, 2019
Environment For rural WA kids, asthma is the norm, not the exception UW, along with Yakima Valley Farm Workers’ Clinic, is trying to address uncontrolled asthma in farm worker communities. by Eilís O'Neill EarthFix/KUOW / April 27, 2018