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 ...

Aspen Ford was a Roy W. Howard reporting fellow at InvestigateWest from 2025 to 2026.

The choice is always the same, though not always explicit: Obey me or go to jail. Jay, a survivor of human trafficking in Boise, said she’s faced this choice from traffickers who want control over her ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In April 2024, the Mill Creek Police Department launched an investigation into Kevin Kukla, an AP physics teacher at Everett’s Henry M.

One evening in January 2024, a western Idaho deputy was called into the office to check on a suspicious person parked along the highway. With no other information offered, the deputy asked his boss, ...

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 ...

After two human trafficking victims filed complaints claiming they were exploited by an Idaho nonprofit, the state’s victim assistance agency kept sending the organization money. And after ...