Environment
Avalanche forecasters grapple with a deadly season
Washington is responsible for seven of the 19 avalanche deaths in the U.S. so far this season, more than any other state
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Amid rapid change, blue-collar Astoria pauses for poetry
Take a deep dive into the living folk culture of Astoria’s Fisher Poets Gathering.
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The debut of ‘Mossback’s Northwest’
Introducing “Mossback’s Northwest,” a collaboration between Crosscut and our sister organization, KCTS 9 public television. In each episode, Crosscut&
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More gray whale sightings along the Northwest coast
Gray whale sightings are up on the Oregon and Washington coasts in recent weeks. Counts at Oregon’s Whale Watching
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The environmental wins and losses in Olympia this year
Even with Democrats in charge of the Legislature, environmentalists struggled on climate, clean water and orca protection.