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Intentional burns, key to preventing megafires, slow to start in WA
Even as the consensus for prescribed fires has grown, the number of acres actually burned each year is shrinking.
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi Pulkkinen is a Seattle-based journalist specializing in law and justice issues in the Pacific Northwest. Formerly a senior editor with SeattlePI and a frequent contributor to The Guardia
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news
Deaths in WA prisons draw scrutiny from state Legislature
Inmate death rates are rising even as prison populations shrink. State lawmakers are taking a closer look at the data and potential solutions.
news
Cancer treatment in WA prisons often too little, too late
Public records and interviews with officials and advocates reveal why cancer is a growing cause of death for an aging prison population.
news
Health care in WA prisons leaves inmates waiting months or years for help
While homicides and suicides in prison get the most press, Washington prisoners are more likely to die of untreated or undertreated illness.
Environment
Some WA wildfires may be left to burn this summer
Coronavirus concerns will have firefighters living differently and likely doing less.