News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
Politics Budget uncertainties ahead for Washington state Washington State Capitol by Dick Nelson / April 18, 2012
Politics The Gates Foundation opens its gates, or a few windows A window on the work done in the foundation offices behind. by Dick Nelson / March 27, 2012
Occupy Seattle: How a crowd is forming a reasonable agenda An Occupy Seattle protester holds up her sign. by Dick Nelson / October 26, 2011
Culture Industrial poetry at the Brightwater treatment plant Wedding setting? A lounge at the Brightwater community center. by Lawrence Cheek / September 25, 2011
Tout: Sewer plant tours! The Brightwater site includes a variety of public attractions. by Lawrence Cheek / September 22, 2011
Best of 2010: Three new buildings point up 'The Skyscraper Problem' 2201 Westlake, a LEED Gold status winner by Lawrence Cheek / December 26, 2010
Culture How to turn our weather into a tourism asset The locals will know you're a tourist. by Dick Nelson / August 17, 2011