American writer and photographer, and one of six inaugural Murrow News Fellows placed in local newsrooms around Washington state. Prior to becoming a journalist, Riley fought wildfires with the ...

To reimagine our relationship with wildfire, we must recognize the real value of federal wildland firefighters — and compensate them accordingly.

The county was supposed to conduct an annual tally of people experiencing homelessness this month. Then disaster struck.

Several years ago, Jade Powell uttered the word “transition” to a county commissioner at a local government meeting in the heart of Utah’s coalfields. The commissioner jumped out of his chair, grabbed ...