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
Opinion This legislative session is make or break for saving orcas The threats to Puget Sound's orcas will pose many tests to our ability to respond, starting with the Legislature. by Daniel Jack Chasan / January 8, 2019
Environment Retired lab chimps find an unlikely sanctuary in Central Washington A chimpanzee sanctuary near Cle Elum offers shelter to apes formerly confined to research labs. by Daniel Jack Chasan / August 30, 2018
Environment Save the orcas? We’ll have to do this one, radical thing We know the problem: The whales are starving. We've tried just about everything to address that — except the one thing we really need to do. by Daniel Jack Chasan / August 17, 2018
Environment Washington lawmakers hope to fight forest fires with fire As fire season approaches, state and federal officials announce ambitious plans to fund healthy forest restoration projects. by Daniel Jack Chasan / July 30, 2018