Four states — Oregon, Colorado, Idaho and Nevada — resoundingly rejected ranked-choice voting initiatives. Alaska is still awaiting a final verdict on whether it will keep or repeal its own ...

The state’s landmark climate law survived a repeal effort — and has raised billions of dollars. Here’s where that money is ...

In California, nine races remain uncalled in the southern part of the state and the Central Valley. And suburban House seats in Arizona — one outside of Phoenix, the other near Tucson — don’t have ...

A block east, cars whooshed down a busy neighborhood thoroughfare. But near the garden, single-family houses lined the edges of a peaceful, tree-lined street. Just to the south, children rode their ...

During election week, it’s tempting to stay glued to a screen, searching for every new scrap of information. In that way, this election cycle has been particularly overwhelming. As the futures of ...

A few miles outside Pullman, Washington, a remnant of the Palouse Prairie lies on a small hill, surrounded by undulating wheat fields and studded with cracked and weathered headstones from the late ...

Ratepayer pushback: Energy bills typically rise in the summer and winter, particularly as climate change drives up demand for heating and cooling. In January, some residential customers in Oregon saw ...

Spending time in the woods can help wildfire survivors recover.

But as the region warms — average temperatures since 2000 have been 1.8 to 2 degrees Fahrenheit higher than they were over the previous century — and the once-high water table drops, those who love ...

Anna Marija Helt is a freelance writer, herbalist and former research scientist who works to (re)connect and engage people with the natural world. Instagram: @annamarijahelt ...