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
Environment Oregon Democrats try to learn from British Columbia’s carbon tax B.C.’s tax was backed by conservatives and cut emissions without harming rural communities. Can it work elsewhere? by Erik Neumann / May 13, 2021
Culture Best of 2018: Seattle’s new party place? An historic church downtown An historic Seattle church is now a hot spot for events. by Clair Enlow / December 25, 2018
Culture Seattle’s new waterfront design will play to your instincts The designer of New York’s High Line will brings its vision — and a few lessons in human nature — to Seattle’s waterfront. by Clair Enlow / May 16, 2018
Culture Mushroom farm? Park? Oh, the possibilities for this Seattle tunnel File photograph of the Battery Street Tunnel in Seattle during the viaduct's semiannual inspection in 2009. by Clair Enlow / November 12, 2017
Opinion Seattle's game board of sidewalks The city should be easy and welcoming to walk around. But in downtown Seattle, we have a long way to go. by Clair Enlow / December 20, 2017
Culture In Kenmore, urbanism takes root in suburbia You too can move to a nice urban neighborhood — in a suburb. by Clair Enlow / March 13, 2018
Culture Seattle’s new party place? An historic church downtown An historic Seattle church is now a hot spot for events. by Clair Enlow / February 22, 2018