Many Pacific Northwest cities and towns bear names of native plants that once flourished in the region, but finding those plants today can be challenging. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is ...

In the Pacific Northwest, tribal governments are pressuring President Biden to make good on his pledge to uphold treaties in Indian country. Tribes there want four large dams removed from the Snake ...

The Water Resources Development Act of 2024 passed through Congress this month and is expected to be signed into law by President Biden any day now. It is a big win for Pacific Northwest tribes. The ...

If you want to find a turning point in Washington state’s modern history of environmental protection and advocacy, just go back a few decades to the late 1980s and early 1990s. This was a time period ...

InvestigateWest (invw.org) is an independent news nonprofit dedicated to investigative journalism in the Pacific Northwest. Reach Melanie Henshaw at at [email protected] or at (971) 258-0891 ...

Those that do exist, though, span several industries — from restaurants to cosmetics stores, coffee shops to tattoo parlors — ...

The Columbia River Basin once supported the largest salmon runs on earth. Today, the future of salmon hangs in the balance. As Native leaders, we recognize the importance of Indigenous knowledge to ...

The Northwest Forest Plan has long protected vulnerable species like spotted owls in federal forests along the West Coast.

A cascade of actions from the Trump administration represents a “grave threat” to health care, social, educational and other critical services in Indian Country, including for Native American ...

A cascade of actions from the Trump administration represents a “grave threat” to health care, social, educational and other critical services in Indian Country, including for Native American ...