Emergency Recordings Show Chaos of Deadly Texas Floods August 25, 2025 By Claudia Lauer, Gene Johnson, Jamie Stengle and Mark Thiessen Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose....
Temporary Barriers Spared Alaska’s Capital From Severe Flooding, Long-Term Fix Elusive August 18, 2025 By Gene Johnson, Claire Rush and Cedar Attanasio The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those...
Deadly Accident Has Hawaii Officials Asking to End Amateur Fireworks Shows January 6, 2025 By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Gene Johnson In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided...
Washington AG Says Catholic Church Stonewalling Sex Abuse Investigation May 13, 2024 By Gene Johnson The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds...
Appeals Court Rejects Climate Change Suit by Young Oregon Activists May 6, 2024 By Gene Johnson A federal appeals court panel last week rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that...
10 Years After Washington Landslide, Climate Change Is Increasing The Danger March 25, 2024 By Gene Johnson and Becky Bohrer After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history in Washington,...
Seattle Will Pay $10M to Protesters Who Said Police Used Excessive Force During 2020 Protests January 29, 2024 By Gene Johnson Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial...
Hawaii Fire Shows Wildfires Pose Particular Threat to Elderly and Other Vulnerable Individuals December 28, 2023 By Gene Johnson, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Mark Thiessen Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived at a family...
Seattle Man Arrested After Detective Made False Statements Gets $225K December 19, 2023 By Gene Johnson King County, Washington will pay $225,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by a Black man who was arrested...
Idaho Woman Files Lawsuit Against Fertility Doctor November 20, 2023 By Gene Johnson An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to inseminate her 34...