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Former Snohomish County engineers describe dysfunctional development approach

Eliza Aronson — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Internal documents and engineers said the planning department fostered a culture of favoritism, discrimination and disorder.

Boeing workers long-exposed to carcinogen far above legal limits

Rachel Riley — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 23:25:00 +0000

The company confirmed in depositions that parts of its Everett plant still don’t meet 2010 standards.

Boeing knew of ‘elevated’ miscarriage rate in ’80s, but followup fizzled

Rachel Riley — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Company doctors found it “difficult” to link chemicals to worker ailments. A thorough study would’ve been “inviting liability,” an attorney said.

For embattled Boeing doctor’s family, a ‘posthumous vindication’

Rachel Riley — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Barry Dunphy warned Boeing about its toxic chemicals. The company’s reaction changed his demeanor, but not his values, his children say.

Secret files reveal Boeing doctor warned of toxic risks, birth defects

Rachel Riley — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

In 1980, a doctor wrote factory chemicals would cause “life-long chronic illness, cancer and death.” Lawsuits claim his worst fears came true.

Born with heart defect, Boeing worker’s child ‘never knew anything different’

Rachel Riley — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Six years ago, Marie Riley heard about a law firm seeking aerospace workers whose children suffered birth defects — like her.

A recap of 3 lawsuits over chemical exposure at Boeing plants

Rachel Riley — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Parents believe toxins in company factories caused serious birth defects in their kids.

‘Keep your Indian alive’: After decades of outlawed culture, a Tulalip revival

Isabella Breda — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Government-sanctioned boarding schools scarred Indigenous children for life. In turn, their children and grandchildren have suffered inherited trauma. But those harmed by the Tulalip Indian School, a cornerstone of the Tulalip Reservation since its inception, have begun to heal.

Unearthing the ‘horrors’ of the Tulalip Indian School

Isabella Breda — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:10:00 +0000

The Tulalip boarding school evolved from a Catholic mission into a weapon for the government to eradicate Native culture. Interviews with survivors and primary documents give accounts of violent cultural suppression under the guise of education at the “Carlisle of the West,” modeled after the notorious Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

‘Genocide our people survived’: Tulalip school fueled generations of pain

Isabella Breda — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Growing up in the Tulalip boarding school, Harriette Shelton Dover would “just sit absolutely still and watch my playmates die” of illness, hunger and cold. The Daily Herald dug into rosters and other records at Tulalip that reveal a staggering death toll — and pain passed from generation to generation.