Investigations New Washington energy chair’s industry ties raise ethics questions Former energy consultant Kurt Beckett now heads the agency tasked with permitting his ex-clients’ wind and solar plants. by Brandon Block / April 30, 2025
Environment Podcast | It's not easy going green A new Northwest Reports series digs into the tensions, backlash and bureaucracy around building wind and solar energy facilities in Washington. by Sara Bernard & Maleeha Syed & Brandon Block / March 26, 2025
Investigations The obscure state agency that referees WA’s green energy battles The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council has power to overrule local zoning laws – putting it at the center of a backlash to renewable energy. by Brandon Block / March 4, 2025
Investigations Washington counties, tribes get more than $110M in federal land aid A small part of the American Rescue Plan provides direct, flexible dollars to compensate for untaxable national parks or other federally owned lands. by Brandon Block / June 13, 2023 / Updated at 12:15 p.m.
News Bisected by highways, a Spokane neighborhood shapes what's left The final stretch of North Spokane Corridor construction reopens old wounds in East Central — and sparks a pilot program to address historical damage. by Brandon Block / August 8, 2022
Politics Washington state jobs, universities vulnerable to D.C's fiscal cliff A scene from the University of Washington campus by Joe Copeland / November 29, 2012
Tech Debunking organics: Not in Seattle's backyard Washington agriculture experts say Stanford got it wrong with their recent study discrediting the benefits of organic food. by Joe Copeland / September 9, 2012
Environment Seattle's new motto: In banning plastic bags, look to Bellingham The first grocery plastic bag, in the late 1970s by Joe Copeland / November 17, 2011
Environment Playing a tricky toll card in fighting the waterfront tunnel A demonstration against a watefront tunnel (2011). by Joe Copeland / July 14, 2011
Politics An ambitious new effort to improve south end schools Mary Jean Ryan by Joe Copeland / June 30, 2011
