Environment Nick on the Rocks: Mount Baker, the volcano born from volcanoes Shifting glaciers revealed the North Cascade peak’s origins, forged from three ancient volcanoes that lived and died over the past million years. by Shannen Ortale / January 12, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The North Cascades' gneiss-est bedrock The range’s oldest bedrock sits high in the mountains near Canada. But the yellow aster gneiss originated an ocean away 400 million years ago. by Shannen Ortale / January 19, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The mystery of Waterville's basalt boulders Just north of Withrow, WA, pancake-flat fields are dotted with massive rocks that help us visualize an Ice Age glacier. by Shannen Ortale / January 26, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: Why Mount Shuksan is made of sea green stone Greenschist gets its tint from minerals compressed under the ocean long ago. Now it caps an entire mountaintop in the North Cascades. Special thanks to Central Washington University as the original... by Shannen Ortale / January 5, 2024
News The Newsfeed: Key takeaways from the 2024 WA legislative session Lawmakers addressed guns and the environment, but housing was left behind. Also, the deaths of rideshare drivers leads to requests for more aid. by Shannen Ortale / March 21, 2024
Crosscut Week in Review (July 17) Seattle is starting to get serious about two related questions: What if the tunnel is built? What if the tunnel is not built? by Joe Copeland / July 16, 2010
Culture Will debate over McGinn's nightlife plan need its own noise limits? Mayor Mike McGinn, in a visit at Crosscut. by Joe Copeland / July 13, 2010
Crosscut's Week in Review (July 10) Surviving the heat, Knute Berger did the Shanghai Expo 2010 and brought home a fascinating series of articles. by Joe Copeland / July 10, 2010
Politics UW faces financial test: is tuition the only answer? University of Washington (2007) by Joe Copeland / July 7, 2010
Crosscut week in review (July 3) You can see the Northwest's passion for place and community in the stories readers liked this week. by Joe Copeland / July 2, 2010