Crosscut

The top environmental bills on the upcoming Washington legislative agenda include planting trees and steering people away from gas-powered cars — but nothing as ambitious as years past

A year before his death, Chief Joseph visited Seattle to deliver a final plea for his people

The final leg of the north-south freeway is scheduled to be complete by the end of the decade. But as construction opens up old wounds in East Central, work is underway to avoid the damage done in decades past.

In this midterm election cycle, perhaps all politics has become national, not local

Federal recovery dollars 'saved' some small-town, critical-access hospitals, but many still struggle with staffing and rising costs