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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Mt. Rainier

Sea-Tac wants to curb carbon without limiting your travel. That's a steep climb

Business at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has been booming, and so has its carbon pollution. Airport officials say they can eliminate the…

Outside the home of her foster sister Renee Davis, Danielle Bargala breaks down in tears while talking about how Davis' young children are living with different families. Davis, who was pregnant, was shot at her Muckleshoot reservation home last October.

Pregnant mom calls for help, ends up killed by police. Her tribe wants answers

The young mom texted her boyfriend: “Come and get the girls or call 911. I’m about to shoot myself.”Renee Davis was five months pregnant. She lay in bed,…

Liz Garcia and her daughters on Halloween circa 2001 or 2002. The photo was taken in the apartment where Garcia was raped a few years later.

Her rapist was convicted because of a rape kit. So why are so many kits untested?

Liz Garcia was at home, checking out her hair in the bathroom mirror. She saw the door open and thought it was her mom or dad who just popped by.Then…

Tiffany Hicks places her hand on her newborn son Elijah as he sleeps on Sunday, September 3, 2017, in their room at Mary's Place in Seattle.

Born without a home in Seattle

Tiffany Hicks rode a Greyhound bus for four and a half days to get to Seattle. Her brother had recently moved here and said there were jobs. So Hicks left…

The writer K.E. Leong and her baby. "Single parenting is filled with so many unexpected adventures, so many of them terrible," she wanted to tell a friend who asked about being a single mom.

Single Parenting: It's Like Drowning And Being On Fire At The Same Time

When my friend tells me she’s thinking about having a baby on her own, my mind flashes immediately to that January morning in 2011 when, as I just settled…

Oregon State Fish and Wildlife troopers James Hayes, left, and Darin Bean patrol several thousand square miles in Central Oregon, where mule deer are in decline.

Northwest Poachers Rarely Caught And Lightly Punished

LA PINE, Oregon – The doe wandered across the wrong property. What’s left of her was a blood stain in a bathtub.Oregon Fish and Wildlife Trooper Darin…

From the ongoing photography project, You Have Nothing to Worry About. Title: Mom's new makeup, 2014.

My mom's mental illness told through photos

Since 2009, I have been making photographs of my mentally ill, substance-abusing mother. Her diagnoses change frequently – from alcoholism to dissociative…

Sharayah Lane and baby Ian nursing moms of color

Stunning photos of moms of color breastfeeding

They were riding the D Line bus in Seattle when baby got hungry. Mom pulled out her boob.“On the bus, all these white people were around,” mom Sharayah…

After 10-Year Plan, Why Does Seattle Have More Homeless Than Ever?

Ten years ago this month, King County made a bold promise to end homelessness in 10 years. The ranks of the homeless have declined in Washington state and…

Southern Oregon Pesticide Case Highlights Gaps In State Oversight

Steve Owen should not have been ferrying gallons of herbicides by helicopter over homes near Gold Beach, Ore.But when John Burns glanced up from his…

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