By Wilson Criscione InvestigateWest In response to InvestigateWest reporting on Jehovah’s Witnesses covering up allegations of sexual assault, Washington state lawmakers introduced a bill last week that would make clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. Senate Bill…
By Wilson Criscione InvestigateWest Four years ago, many of Washington state’s sheriffs were unhappy with a voter-approved gun safety law that required stronger background checks and raised the age to buy a semi-automatic rifle. Thirteen sheriffs, however, went a step…
By Zachariah Bryan InvestigateWest Before it’s official, before winners bask in glory and losers shrink in defeat, Washington’s election officials meticulously review the lines and swoops of every signature on every ballot mailed in from around the state. If they…
Three Northwest states launch voter education campaigns to shore up public trust.
By Wilson Criscione InvestigateWest They were in the Bible study room when Deryk Terril, a shy 11-year-old with shaggy hair in 1976, found the courage to finally say something: An elder at a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation in Spokane, Wash., had…
WA state Rep. Rob Chase was recruited by Shea who was linked to domestic terrorism.
In the Northwest and beyond, mature and old-growth trees remain under threat in spite of Biden’s move to protect them
By Wilson Criscione InvestigateWest As the Spokane County auditor for 24 years, Vicky Dalton has gotten used to answering questions from election skeptics. But since 2020, things have changed. As former President Donald Trump has amplified debunked conspiracies of widespread…
Investigation finds school officials don't follow the rules on reporting abusive isolation and restraint when they send students out of state or to private facilities.
Refugee resettlement in Washington state continues for Afghan and Ukrainian nationals
Policymakers and homeowners are scrambling to manage the so-called 'wildland-urban interface' to mitigate the threat.
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