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Nonprofit investigative newsroom keeping an eye on decision-makers in the Pacific Northwest.

Our mission is to engage Pacific Northwest residents in social issues by providing compelling, change making investigative and explanatory journalism.

08/28/2025

NEW: InvestigateWest reporting shows how Oregon regulators kept potential contamination of a town's water supply hidden from the public while failing to take measures to stop a treatment facility from releasing more contaminated water.

Nearby tribe calls on state, federal agencies to end a “decade-long pattern of reckless violations”

08/26/2025

UPDATE: Local officials aren’t concerned about accusations of racism against an Idaho sheriff, despite calls for accountability

An extremism watchdog group said the sheriff’s rhetoric about immigrants is “disturbing” and could fuel violence

08/25/2025

UPDATE: Mercer Island schools assessing sexual abuse protocols after an investigation by InvestigateWest and the Mercer Island Reporter.

Superintendent to “analyze current practices” and “make improvements” for student safety following InvestigateWest and Mercer Island Reporter story

08/22/2025

LABOR: 'This is a wonderful way to make six figures saying no’: Retired docs earn millions examining injured Washington workers (via Cascade PBS)

'This is a wonderful way to make six figures saying no,' said one attorney about Independent Medical Examiners' role in evaluating workers' comp claims.

08/21/2025

NEW: For some attorneys, courts’ decisions not to issue firearm surrender orders seem to have more to do with political will than with upholding the law.

Advocates hope a Court of Appeals decision will resolve constitutional concerns about a firearm surrender law

08/20/2025

Just as bad journalism hurts journalism at large, good journalism — hard-hitting, expensive, ambitious reporting that holds power accountable — raises the bar for everyone.

Leading a local newsroom in America is about managing crisis — everywhere, all at once. There’s the business crisis and trying to cobble together a mix of revenue after Big Tech hoovered up ad dollars. The crisis of reaching people when algorithms and AI turn off the information spigot. The

08/18/2025

UPDATE: After InvestigateWest published a story earlier this month, Idaho’s Vallivue School District Assistant Superintendent Joey Palmer said the district changed its policy to require officers to run any inquiries from federal immigration authorities past district administrators.

Vallivue School District says school resource officers must now run any requests from immigration authorities past administrators

08/15/2025

NEW: A new investigation by InvestigateWest reveals that Idaho’s push to ban “sexually provocative” performances was built on a deceptively blurred image, promoted by the state’s leading Christian Nationalist group.

Drag queen at center of Idaho culture war takes conservative group to court

08/14/2025

NEW: An abandoned ferry in the Puget Sound represents a shared struggle across the West Coast: to sell an old ship or destroy it.

An abandoned ferry in the Puget Sound represents a shared struggle across the West Coast: to sell an old ship or destroy it

08/13/2025

NEW: Do Oregon parents get enough mental health support during pregnancy? Help us answer that question

We want to hear from you about how behavioral health care — or a lack of it — impacted a pregnancy

08/11/2025

NEW: A beloved Mercer Island teacher was accused twice of sexual misconduct with students. The school district kept it quiet.

Gary "Chris" Twombley was put on administrative leave in December 2023

08/05/2025

NEW: How Homeland Security’s “welfare checks” on migrant students have triggered fear and legal questions in Idaho.

In other parts of the country, the welfare checks have resulted in children being taken out of their homes and put back into government custody

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