Culture As coronavirus wilts the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, a farm adapts Faced with massive financial loss, Tulip Town makes a play for virtual strolling. by Agueda Pacheco Flores / March 30, 2020
Environment WWII-era 'victory gardens' make a comeback amid coronavirus Washington gardeners are growing food in P-Patches and backyards to boost morale and community food supplies. by Hannah Weinberger / March 27, 2020 / Updated at 1:12 pm on March 30, 2020
Environment Coronavirus could make fighting Washington wildfires harder Agencies that prepare for wildfires and recruit firefighters are busy responding to the pandemic. That could be a problem come summer. by Katherine Long InvestigateWest / March 27, 2020
Environment 'Nature’s not closed' during coronavirus, but should you still go hiking? Inslee’s order makes exceptions for outdoor activities. But packed trails and at-risk rural communities suggest hikers should stay close to home. by Mandy Godwin / March 25, 2020 / Updated Thurs. March 26 at 10:30 a.m.
Environment Climate bills in WA a ‘comprehensive failure’ in 2020, critics say Key legislation to cut carbon emissions died, while goal-setting bill offers no path to reach target. by Katherine Long InvestigateWest / March 25, 2020
Environment Human Elements: Studying stars by going back in time In the moment a star dies, astronomer Emily Levesque can see how time, space and the universe all work. by Sarah Hoffman / March 23, 2020
Environment How Washington allows clear-cut logging in cities that don’t want it When the community of Newcastle protected a critical salmon watershed, they didn't know state regulations would undermine them decades later. by Mandy Godwin / March 19, 2020
Environment Meet a Seattle scientist racing toward a coronavirus vaccine If Dr. Deborah Fuller’s moonshot method is successful, she and a team could deliver a coronavirus vaccine months earlier than other methods. by Hannah Weinberger / March 18, 2020
News Coronavirus and the immunocompromised: Your questions answered We are answering reader questions related to COVID-19 and potentially high-risk patients, including the elderly and those with underlying health issues. by Hannah Weinberger / March 11, 2020
Environment WA lawmakers pave the way for electric cars, but activists want more As the legislative session comes to a close, the green lobby is pushing lawmakers to do more to take on climate change. by Katherine Long InvestigateWest / March 10, 2020