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Congress isn't just wrestling with a coronavirus relief package — it has a budget to pass, too
Aug 5, 2020
Congress has to fund the government for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 — and it's slow going.
Small Washington town reaps benefit of volunteers' Halloween spirit
by
Anna King
Oct 31, 2019
Each October, Palouse turns into a haunted version of itself.
My economy: Life as a liveaboard in Southwest D.C.
by
Robyn Edgar
May 16, 2019
Darryl Madden’s life on a boat started as a simple solution for affordable housing. Now he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed you
by
Tommy Andres
and Hayley Hershman
Dec 20, 2018
We've gathered your stories for a year. Here's what we learned.
Tariff jitters grow at Washington state port
Sep 12, 2018
The port of Vancouver handles the West Coast's second-largest volume of imported steel, now subject to a 25 percent duty.
The EPA is at the center of a debate over pesticide regulations
by
Scott Tong
Apr 23, 2018
Chlorpyrifos has helped protect crops from pests since 1965, but it's also been linked in studies to low-IQ babies and dead fish.
What the loss of a mill means to a town
Jan 8, 2018
An industry that once defined Camas, Washington, is coming to an end. Now the former mill town is searching for its future identity.
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Do farmed Atlantic salmon have a future on the West Coast?
Oct 30, 2017
Fish farm break: 150,000 Atlantic salmon escaped into Washington state's Puget Sound in August. Now comes the fallout.
A listen-along glossary for our conversation with Capt. Deborah Dempsey
Jul 17, 2017
Don't worry, there's no quiz.
Aluminum workers say they wouldn't want their kids to do the same work
Mar 13, 2017
The Alcoa aluminum plant laid off hundreds of workers last year. They miss the pay and camaraderie, but say they wouldn't want their kids following them into smelter work.