Washington family must make agonizing choice facing deportation, does shutting down encampments end homelessness?, battle lines drawn in fight over Seattle theater, Dungeness crab latest victim of climate change, an ode to gritty Tacoma, and Sharma Shields on Bigfoot fetishes.
A poem to help us grieve with an orca mother and her dead calf, wildfires rage across northern California, the effort to break unions in Cascadia, WA farmers having trouble harvesting with strict immigration rules, a museum exhibit mourning loss of wildlife, and David Chariandy on black Canadian writing.
Hike a great trail near Mount St. Helens, an orca mother in Salish Sea grieves for dead calf, anti-abortion measure qualifies for OR ballot, will small growers succeed in BC's legal weed industry?, company hopes electric jets will take off, can Seattle's Showbox Theater be saved & poetry by Chelsea Dingman.
Cascadia high-speed rail takes a step forward, LGBTQ refugee held in Tacoma, NRA sues Seattle, can Vancouver' Chinatown retain its character amid growth?, Camas Davis's quest for responsible meat, and an exhibit confronting historic images of Native Americans at Seattle Art Museum.
Where to hike this weekend, helping prevent homelessness by slowing evictions, wildfires grow in eastern OR & BC, new solar projects in Cascadia, fighting natural gas, an interview with Gus Van Sant about his new film about Portland cartoonist John Callahan, and poetry by Seattle's Kamari Bright.
Wide-open race for Vancouver city government, wildfires grow in east Cascadia, Seattle restaurant owner accused of sexual assault, will Oregon repeal sanctuary laws?, finding ancient footprints, hard-hitting stand-up from Indigenous comic Howie Echo-Hawk, and short fiction by Leni Zumas.
Seattle names new police chief, wildfires spark evacuations in eastern Cascadia, making sense of proportional representation in BC, anti-union efforts on the rise, threatened butterfly returns to Oregon, imaginary maps of Cascadia, and raising children in a doomed world.
Essay: "We Hope You Enjoy Portland Spirit," Vancouver's housing-income gap highest in North America, asylum seekers in Seattle consider suicide, Cascadia's farmers facing huge pressures, youths oppose pipeline, a poem by Laura Reed, and a harrowing essay by Spokane writer Kevin Taylor.
Hike near Mount Rainier without the crowds, can Vancouver get beyond ideology to build affordable housing?, Seattle bans plastic drinking straws, a pesticide is killing southern Oregon's ponderosa pines, Portland OMSI shows experimental films, and a poem by Kary Wayson.
Poetry by Judith Barrington, BC fish processors fouling the Salish Sea, Boise shocked by attack on refugees, eastern OR ranchers fear beef tariffs but still support Trump, health outcomes for homeless in Vancouver are poor, a conversation with Ijeoma Oluo, and poetry by Floyd Skloot.
