Powerful storytelling photos from Seattle by Megan Farmer

Sad to hear more of my former coworkers losing jobs today.

#BREAKING Every national forest in Washington and Oregon — covering 24 million acres — will close recreation sites in coming days, including trails, campgrounds, sno-parks, et. It's the most sweeping move yet to limit the spread of #coronavirus in PNW. statesmanjournal.com/story/news/202…

To combat coronavirus, Oregon is allowing drivers to pump their own gas. (until April 11)

Great to see hiring of photographers for a change, and recognition of the importance of visual journalism.

OMG TUMBLEWEED TORNADO! 🌪 Saw this approaching and pulled over along WA-240 a few minutes ago near Hanford Site. #wawx

The U.S. just reached 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. We put together a package of one photo from every state to try to show the breadth of the impact of the disease. 50 States of Coronavirus: reuters.com/news/picture/t…

At the corner of NE Shaver & MLK, a VW Gold lunged into the crowd. It was pummeled & pursued in reverse down shaver and stopped. After an altercation I couldn’t see, roared south. I heard two loud pops, people ran, then it raced back north through intersection & hit skateboarder

It's deeply frustrating to see front pages like this come out of the events of the past week — three photos, three cities, three white male photographers. Photo editors, please consider just how important it is to be hiring Black photographers always, but especially right now.

Why use a photo taken at a completely separate and peaceful event in Bend, Oregon where no one was arrested to illustrate this story?

Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, has become the first woman to reach the Challenger Deep, the deepest known part of the ocean nyti.ms/3h8c0fH

281 new cases of COVID-19 in Oregon today. Another new record. It’s the fifth straight week of increasing cases. Dr. Dean Sidelinger said it’s spreading fastest in rural counties. ##coronavirus

Just spoke w/mayor of Phoenix, a small town south of Medford: "Many businesses have been burned down," he said. "Certain neighborhoods, including my own have been burned down. There are many, many, many homes that are gone." Folo our live updates today: oregonlive.com/pacific-northw…

The destruction in Mill City and Gates from #BeachieCreekFire is breathtaking. Things are still burning, people are coming back to look for lost pets and survey the damage.

Hundreds of homes in Phoenix, #Oregon were left completely destroyed after the #AlamedaFire swept through the area 📷: David Ryder #OregonFires2020

I went up the McKenzie River today with Oregon Forestry to survey the damage from the 145,000 acre #HolidayFarmFire. Significant loss of structures and forest lands but I was happy to see the Goodpasture Bridge standing. The Register-Guard #wildfires Gallery: bit.ly/3bK7hP5

President Joe has a nice ring to it.

Bend is currently w/out a warming shelter, partly due to resident complaints about location Early Tuesday morning, the body of Dave Melvin Savory, 57, a homeless double amputee, was found slumped over against a dumpster outside a Rite Aid

Still a few hours left to bid on some beautiful photographs and help support the spjwash Passion Projects grant. 32auctions.com/organizations/…

Scenes from the racetrack in Grants Pass. I enjoyed the opportunity to spend a few days immersed in small town horse racing while making photographs for a story on this community-focused track by Joe Drape nytimes.com/2021/07/19/spo…