An eight-episode season brings the realities of prison life — past and present — to listeners beyond the Walla Walla penitentiary’s fortress-like walls.

A defunct mill in Cosmopolis, holding hazardous and corrosive chemicals, has failed to submit its emission allowances to the state and now faces penalties.

Historic discharges of wastes and emissions from smelters have contaminated portions of the upper Columbia River, the 150 miles upstream of Grand Coulee Dam.

I just sent a letter in support of the journalists at the Daily Herald in Everett. They need our help in their fight for a fair contract. Can you join me? These journalists work tirelessly every day ...

Resources are spread thin as utilities scramble to shore up their perforated transmission lines and grid experts say their work will increase in the future.

When we met them a dozen years ago, they were teenagers in trouble, playing for a basketball team that always lost. Did they find a way to win at life?

The bomb cyclone swirled with such intensity off the coast that it ravaged the region Tuesday, downing trees, toppling power lines and killing at least two.

A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.

Photography is a powerful journalistic tool, providing visual evidence and evoking emotions that urge us to understand the experiences of others. Here, ProPublica’s Sarahbeth Maney offers suggestions ...