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
Environment Pacific Northwest forests fit trifecta for curbing climate change — if we stop logging them Study shows trees along the coast and in the Cascade and Olympic mountains have the most potential to sequester carbon. by Cassandra Profita Oregon Public Broadcasting / January 1, 2020
Environment ‘Rife with flawed science’: OR and WA fight Trump’s emissions rollback The states join 26 others to argue the president's plan increases public health risks and violates the federal Clean Air Act. by Cassandra Profita Oregon Public Broadcasting / June 4, 2020
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 Rockfish are bouncing back from years of overfishing After years of conservation efforts, surveys show depleted populations of groundfish are rebounding ahead of schedule. by Cassandra Profita OPB / December 20, 2018
Environment A year after Oregon’s Eagle Creek fire, see how much has changed In this 360 video, see how the Eagle Creek Fire changed the forest and its popular hiking trails. by Cassandra Profita EarthFix/OPB / September 10, 2018
Environment This Portland design lab wants to eliminate plastic packaging As more cities like Seattle ban plastic straws, Swedish-owned BillerudKorsnäs design lab has is developing a solution. by Cassandra Profita OPB/EarthFix / November 1, 2018
Environment Want to prevent megafires? Let forests burn To prevent large-scale wildfires, we'll need to allow some blazes to burn — and set others ourselves. by Cassandra Profita & Jeff Mapes / August 24, 2018
Environment Your fleece is contaminating our oysters Many shellfish grown in coastal British Columbia have plastic in them, according to research led by shellfish biologist Sarah Dudas. by Ken Christensen for EarthFix / September 14, 2017
Environment Smoky, unhealthy air could be new reality for Northwest On Wednesday, as smoke blotted out the sun across the city of Portland, about a dozen people were hiding out from the smoky heat in the air conditioned Hollywood Senior Center — one of the county’s... by Cassandra Profita for EarthFix / September 10, 2017