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Gold mine waste heads toward Navajo lands
An environmental catastrophe is underway in southwestern Colorado. Last week, a staggering 3 million gallons of contaminated water—three times
Jacob Nierenberg
Jacob Nierenberg is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He has lived in Washington for nearly all of his life, and still proudly identifies with the Pacific Northwest despite his relocation to Stanford U
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Sephardic language gets digital archive
The endangered language of Ladino—a Hebrew dialect heavily influenced by Spanish—has been preserved in a vast online library
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... an Oregon mystery
Our neighbors in Portland love to wear their weirdness on their sleeves, but this time they may have truly outdone
Politics
Inslee, legislators looking for path forward on schools
Gov. Jay Inslee says he and legislative leaders are looking at how they can meet the state Supreme Court'
'The really big one': What to expect, how to be ready
Since the Nisqually earthquake of 2001, Seattle has spent a great deal of time and resources on improving the city’