Brett Zimmerman is a former firefighter/EMT who now works at Portland Street Response, an alternative 911 response program, in Portland, Oregon. A former firefighter makes the case for community ...

My vision was to build a healthy ecosystem for all who live in it. But I’m worried about the future. With all the severe cuts to federal agencies, lots of really good people have left the EPA. I am ...

How peaceful and quiet it was, sitting on my back deck waiting for hummingbirds, watching seeds fly, the ghost flowers and ghost cat in a faded temporal ribbon flicking in and out— The flowers unsown ...

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

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When was the last time you called customer support — anywhere, for any reason — and got another live human being on the line? I suspect it’s been a good long while. Does anyone else immediately start ...

Moe K. Clark is a collaborative investigative reporter at InvestigateWest, covering Washington’s criminal justice system and other topics. Her work is supported by the Murrow News Fellowship, a ...

A 2001 policy restricts road construction on Forest Service land. What happens to at-risk species if it’s removed?

Forest collaboratives formed in the wake of the Pacific Northwest’s ‘Timber Wars’ have become major power players operating largely out of the public eye.

IN JUNE, OREGON LAWMAKERS passed new legislation designed to ensure better detection of landfill methane leaks. Senate Bill 726 requires the state’s second-largest dump, Republic Services’ Coffin ...

Jacob Malcom, founder of Next Interior, shares his fears for the agency and his hopes for a post-Trump reconstruction.

Data centers use energy to run their servers, and energy and water to cool the processors. Evaporative chillers that work in low humidity use less energy but more water, while refrigerated cooling ...