Portland to toll drivers on a busy stretch of I-5, a program connecting artists with disabled people, travel maven Rick Steves on the importance of philanthropy, fighting loneliness in Cascadia's cities, and a Portland author on the importance of telling stories to children without happy endings.
Vancouver and Portland take action on affordable housing, a tragic story of indigenous youth in the Arctic, why aren't WA legislators subject to public disclosure laws?, a gallery moves from Seattle to Portland, and a cup monster invades the parking lot at Starbucks world headquarters.
Seattle has its first female mayor in 91 years, commission rejects oil terminal plan on Columbia River, a nonprofit helping women get abortions in Idaho, remembering Oregon writer Brian Doyle, a new issue of Crab Creek Review hits the shelves, and more.
An interview with legendary Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin, rates of homelessness among kids rising in Northwest, BC natural gas regulator hid leak data, photos document urban decay in Seattle, the brief but eventful career of a Seattle city council member, and nonprofit journalism rocks!
Vancouver unveils an ambitious plan to create affordable housing, Claire Dederer asks whether we can enjoy art by monsters, a BC company's efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, a poem by Marilyn Chin, and a report outlines risks posed by a new oil terminal on the Columbia River.
Happy Thanksgiving! Elissa Washuta doesn't trust the holiday, the Wyeth painters invade the Pacific Northwest, court rules against Seattle's income tax, BC addresses housing affordability, a story by Thomas McGuane, and the poisoning of Montana's Clark Fork River.
WA governor optimistic about high-speed rail between Portland & Vancouver; declining immigration affecting apple growers; the story of Boise's opioid king; marine mammals competing with orca for salmon; a memoir reveals painter Emily Carr's intimate friendships, and more.
BC to vote on proportional representation; the history of Portland's shameful embrace of KKK; will Mount Rainier National Park hike fees?; waking up to the reality of homelessness in Cascadia; an interview with longtime OR painter Lucinda Parker, and more...
Washington's next poet laureate, a scientist on a mission to reshape how we think of forest fires, Dao Strom's re-shaping of the Vietnamese-American experience, Seattle's income tax has its day in court, the crisis of biodiversity, and much more...
Seattle's rich are getting richer, a fantastic series on the Salish Sea wraps up, how Hanford is the birthplace of the Anthropocene, a new gallery opens in Vancouver, First Nations novelist honored with Writers Trust award, and an artist's collages explore issues of subtle discrimination in the Pac NW.
