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  This 'ultra-wealthy' Seattle suburb inspired dystopian novel’s take on pleasure and privilege

  Reading C Pam Zhang's "Land of Milk and Honey" is like walking up to the finest buffet while a strict personal trainer eyeballs every morsel you put on your plate. You want it, but you feel guilty for that wanting.

  • Katie Campbell
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  'You Are Here' and you are writing. Readers get creative for National Poetry Month

  This is the KUOW Book Club, and we're reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing a poem of your own — you delivered.

  • Katie Campbell
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  West Coast governors: We will defend our climate policies against Trump attack

  After dismantling most federal action on the global climate, the Trump administration now aims to attack state and local policies that fight climate change as well.

  • John Ryan
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  A century-old tree called 'Big Red' comes down in Edmonds

  Neighbors and tree advocates circled the trunk, trying to protect it. Condo association members said the tree's removal was sad but necessary.

  • Joshua McNichols
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  Snow or no? Northwest’s water outlook gets murky with federal cuts

  Agencies that keep tabs on Northwest rivers and snowpack have been shedding scientists under the Trump administration.

  • John Ryan
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  What a ‘cloud’ of small earthquakes means for the PNW, and how to prepare for bigger ones

  Pacific Northwest Seismic Network director Harold Tobin joined KUOW’s Kim Malcolm to discuss our recent shakeups, and how to prepare for more damaging events.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  Cleanup at Seattle's Green Lake targets abandoned fishing lines that can ensnare wildlife

  Abandoned fishing lines are the focus of a volunteer cleanup effort at Seattle’s Green Lake this weekend. The stray lines are blamed for killing two owls along the water’s edge in recent years.

  • Amy Radil
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  From blubber to bone: How a whale decomposes on land

  The story of the Lobby Whale at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.

  • Brandi Fullwood
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  A different kind of winter fun: tidepooling at night on Puget Sound

  On a drizzly February night, dozens of people walked with headlamps and flashlights at water’s edge near the Edmonds, Washington, fishing pier. They weren’t there to catch fish or squid: They came to see the wonders that come out when the tide goes out.

  • John Ryan
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  Seattle's new zoning rules dial up tension around preserving tree canopy

  Seattle is currently mapping how it will grow over the next 20 years. Mayor Bruce Harrell wants to double the city’s housing capacity, with the hope of bringing down costs. But as residential neighborhoods open up to new types of housing, the city’s environmental impact statement predicts “moderate tree canopy loss” as a result.

  • Amy Radil

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