In April, Spokane police arrested a man for grabbing a woman by the neck and pushing her to the ground. A neighbor had called 911 worried that the yelling next door was a domestic violence situation, ...

Investigative reporting that holds power accountable and creates real-world impact across the Pacific Northwest.

Investigative reporting that holds power accountable and creates real-world impact across the Pacific Northwest.

Investigative reporting that holds power accountable and creates real-world impact across the Pacific Northwest.

Under the banner of “Dig, Baby, Dig,” the Trump administration is supercharging an already powerful mining industry. What ...

"Guarded by Predators" is a series by InvestigateWest exposing rape and abuse by Idaho’s prison guards and the system that shields them. The series launched on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at ...

Nonprofits say temporary state dollars haven’t been enough to stave off cuts to sexual abuse and domestic violence programs Sara Owen is almost always on the clock. As one of only two advocates at ...

He and Joelene had waited nearly a year for news about his commutation petition — a relatively rare form of clemency that, if approved by the governor, would allow his early release from prison. In ...

At the same time, Adult Protective Services workers say they’re under growing pressure to close investigations quickly.

Editor’s note: The article discusses sexual assault. “Guarded by Predators” is a new investigative series exposing rape and abuse by Idaho’s prison guards and ...

In March 2016, administrators at Mercer Island High School received a phone call from an anonymous Microsoft employee who reported that a teacher at the school appeared to be in an inappropriate ...

Idaho’s prison system and the state agency that certifies law enforcement will now conceal information about officers’ employment histories, making it more difficult to scrutinize job candidates and ...