He and Joelene had waited nearly a year for news about his commutation petition — a relatively rare form of clemency that, if approved by the governor, would allow his early release from prison. In ...

At the same time, Adult Protective Services workers say they’re under growing pressure to close investigations quickly.

Portland State University researchers say nearly half of federal funds allocated to Northwest tribes in 2024 is at risk under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act A new report from Portland State University ...

Last March, Wilfredo Castillo pulled up to a nondescript business park in Tukwila, Washington, where he had been dozens of times for routine check-ins with his immigration case manager. The case ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Uneven Ground: This is the first installment in a series examining inequities facing Native American youth in Washington’s criminal justice ...

As she drove into Butte, Montana, six years ago to visit her son, environmental epidemiologist Suzanne McDermott couldn’t ignore the gouged-out mountain that loomed over the town. It’s the result of ...

As a result of InvestigateWest reporting that exposed sexual abuse of women by Idaho prison staff, lawmakers ordered an independent probe into the state’s handling of those allegations. During a ...

Tatiana Leone never leaves her Bremerton apartment without a reusable grocery bag filled with documents detailing her son’s history of mental illness. She doesn’t know when she will run into her son, ...

For two decades, Franklin County — an agricultural community of about 100,000 in south-central Washington — has been the fastest-growing county in the state. But lately, county leaders have been ...

On Aug. 6, 2025, a Lynnwood police officer got a call from a social worker at a nearby hospital. A girl, hospitalized for suicidal ideation, wanted to make a report about being assaulted by her former ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Editor’s note: The article discusses sexual assault. “Guarded by Predators” is a new investigative series exposing rape and abuse by Idaho’s ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In April, Spokane police arrested a man for grabbing a woman by the neck and pushing her to the ground. A neighbor had called 911 worried ...