Cascadia high-speed rail takes a step forward, LGBTQ refugee held in Tacoma, NRA sues Seattle, can Vancouver' Chinatown retain its character amid growth?, Camas Davis's quest for responsible meat, and an exhibit confronting historic images of Native Americans at Seattle Art Museum.
Where to hike this weekend, helping prevent homelessness by slowing evictions, wildfires grow in eastern OR & BC, new solar projects in Cascadia, fighting natural gas, an interview with Gus Van Sant about his new film about Portland cartoonist John Callahan, and poetry by Seattle's Kamari Bright.
Wide-open race for Vancouver city government, wildfires grow in east Cascadia, Seattle restaurant owner accused of sexual assault, will Oregon repeal sanctuary laws?, finding ancient footprints, hard-hitting stand-up from Indigenous comic Howie Echo-Hawk, and short fiction by Leni Zumas.
Seattle names new police chief, wildfires spark evacuations in eastern Cascadia, making sense of proportional representation in BC, anti-union efforts on the rise, threatened butterfly returns to Oregon, imaginary maps of Cascadia, and raising children in a doomed world.
Essay: "We Hope You Enjoy Portland Spirit," Vancouver's housing-income gap highest in North America, asylum seekers in Seattle consider suicide, Cascadia's farmers facing huge pressures, youths oppose pipeline, a poem by Laura Reed, and a harrowing essay by Spokane writer Kevin Taylor.
Hike near Mount Rainier without the crowds, can Vancouver get beyond ideology to build affordable housing?, Seattle bans plastic drinking straws, a pesticide is killing southern Oregon's ponderosa pines, Portland OMSI shows experimental films, and a poem by Kary Wayson.
Poetry by Judith Barrington, BC fish processors fouling the Salish Sea, Boise shocked by attack on refugees, eastern OR ranchers fear beef tariffs but still support Trump, health outcomes for homeless in Vancouver are poor, a conversation with Ijeoma Oluo, and poetry by Floyd Skloot.
Immigrant seeks refuge in Seattle church, white resident calls cops on black OR legislator campaigning, a big, bad wolf biologist tangles with ranchers, artist RYAN! Feddersen shatters Native American stereotypes, and paintings of people on the margins by Vancouver artist Alex Sandvoss.
A report from the Cascadia Convergence, the region resists ICE & immigration policy, controversial use of police force at Portland State University, wildfires in Naches, WA and southwest OR, an interview with hip-hop artist Logic Aman, and the Seattle mystery pop machine has vanished!
What do new BC rules for fish farms mean for wild salmon? Hike Mount Wells outside Victoria, BC, a new app used to harass the homeless, OR gun safety measure probably won't be on ballot, "Leave No Trace," a new film set in Cascadia, and an essay by Celestine Aleck (Sahiltiniye).
