Environment How COVID reshaped Seattle, season by season Disaster researchers take a Prius-eye view of how COVID-19 is changing the city. by Jane C. Hu High Country News / December 21, 2020
News Wilderness rescuers face a busy winter complicated by COVID The pandemic has driven an increase in outdoor activity and rescues, while limiting training and volunteer opportunities. by Jane C. Hu High Country News / November 16, 2020
Environment Six months, 18,000 meals: Feeding Seattle’s frontline workers Ellen Kuwana's We Got This Seattle keeps employees at grocery stores, homeless shelters and fire stations fed as they battle the pandemic. by Jane C. Hu High Country News / September 4, 2020
Environment Coronavirus cuts off a Washington border town from two countries Point Roberts residents used to cross through Canadian land daily. When the pandemic caused the border to close, they found themselves stranded. by Jane C. Hu High Country News / August 11, 2020
Environment COVID-19 and wildfire smoke are a deadly combo for Seattle With smoke shelters shuttered, public health officials worry thousands could suffer from unhealthy air. by Jane C. Hu High Country News / July 29, 2020
Environment Why growing antibiotic resistance in the Salish Sea's marine mammals is bad news for humans To learn how antibiotic-resistant bacteria jump from wildlife to livestock to pets to humans, researchers are collecting samples from a wide range of species — including those in the ocean. by Jane C. Hu High Country News / October 21, 2019
Environment Can Seattle's trees survive its boom? Environmentalists and a Seattle City Council member are pushing to do more to protect existing trees. by Josh Cohen / June 7, 2018
Environment Puget Sound’s boom reverberates to Cougar Mountain Open-space advocates are hoping to save property from being turned into a housing development. by Josh Cohen / May 18, 2018
Environment Photos: Faces from Seattle's climate march Thousands called for action Sunday at the Seattle People’s Climate March. by Josh Cohen / September 22, 2014
Tech Seattle startup brings the sharing economy to dinner tables, backyard farms Seattle Tilth's urban demonstration garden at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford by Josh Cohen / June 26, 2014