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From its beginnings at a bucolic Canadian lake to shipwreck dangers at its mouth, the Columbia River has defined the region's history and culture.

A new Northwest Reports series digs into the tensions, backlash and bureaucracy around building wind and solar energy facilities in Washington.

The death of the whale at a Miami amusement park just before her planned release highlighted the species’ fraught relationship with humans.

Reporter Conor Courtney explains how cyclist Danny Roberts began the passion project — and what the journey meant to both of them.

People flocked to see a young orca lost in a river near Portland. Then she was killed, pickled and left in a tank on a mountainside.

Crosscut reporter Hannah Weinberger discusses the Seattle policy that many homeowners didn't even know existed.

Reporter Hannah Weinberger tells us how a monumental levee project could ease economic turbulence in two Grays Harbor County cities.

A recent beluga whale sighting had Puget Sound agog. It wasn't the first time a whale visited a Northwest city.

We have a long history of wildfire in the PNW. But megafires are a new thing entirely.

Peter Rainier never set foot on this continent. Some tribal members suggest giving a more fitting name for Washington’s tallest peak.