Culture The fight to create Washington's biggest park Some of the damage from the 1983 Smith Creek landslide at Lake Whatcom. by Bob Simmons / April 25, 2012
Culture Industrial poetry at the Brightwater treatment plant Wedding setting? A lounge at the Brightwater community center. by Lawrence Cheek / September 25, 2011
Culture An ancient way to fish, and a better one Lummi reefnet fishers haul in the pinks. by Bob Simmons / September 8, 2011
Culture 'Far From Perfect': Authenticity at the Wooden Boat Festival Traditional mast and rigging on a small gaff-rigged sailboat. by Lawrence Cheek / September 7, 2011
Culture Why does Seattle have so many bleak public spaces? This city has enough gray in its sky. We don't need more on the ground. by Lawrence Cheek / May 17, 2011
Culture Lake Union Park, trail: Seattle could have done so much more Lake Union Park: a visual airway for the city, but a bleak landscape for a park. by Lawrence Cheek / October 20, 2010
Culture Sales-tax exemption for Canadians put on hold A Superior Court judge has blocked plans for the state to exempt Canadians from Washington's sales tax. by Bob Simmons / July 2, 2010
Culture Shakespeare has exciting outdoor home in Skagit Valley An audience watches a rehearsal at the new Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre. by Bob Simmons / July 1, 2010
Culture In modern church architecture, the magic of sacredness is rare A service inside the new First United Methodist Church by Lawrence Cheek / March 2, 2010
Culture Goodbye bank, hello park? Shareholders' loss could be park advocates' gain in Bellingham, a city that bids to become the woodsiest on Puget Sound. by Bob Simmons / January 14, 2010