Washington has launched a hotline in three major counties for residents to report hate crimes and incidents of bias.

Change is coming to many Seattle neighborhoods because of new laws. But the challenge of housing suffers deep roots and will take years to improve.

Whatever the reason, the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River is one of the Seattle area’s best-suited locations to commune with nature’s white noise machine. Once a dumping ground and redoubt for meth ...