Politics Waterfront development: Will new rules harm fish, Puget Sound? The waterfront in Edmonds: Should it be easier to build by the shore? by Bob Simmons / August 25, 2014
Tech Could BP turn Bellingham into a Northwest oil export capital? The BP docks at Cherry Point by Bob Simmons / July 20, 2014
Environment Northwest glaciers: Wasting away Cold, beauty and loss: An extraordinary Bellingham art exhibit visualizes our region's - and our planet’s - disappearing ice. by Bob Simmons / November 4, 2013
Politics Washington state jobs, universities vulnerable to D.C's fiscal cliff A scene from the University of Washington campus by Joe Copeland / November 29, 2012
Tech Debunking organics: Not in Seattle's backyard Washington agriculture experts say Stanford got it wrong with their recent study discrediting the benefits of organic food. by Joe Copeland / September 9, 2012
Environment Plan to create major park moves ahead Some of the damage from the 1983 Smith Creek landslide at Lake Whatcom. by Bob Simmons / May 23, 2012
Environment Seattle's new motto: In banning plastic bags, look to Bellingham The first grocery plastic bag, in the late 1970s by Joe Copeland / November 17, 2011
Environment Big Coal meets Cherry Point's tiny herring The site of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal by Bob Simmons / October 27, 2011
Politics Cherry Point's coal debate: new fight on a site with stormy history The site of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal by Bob Simmons / October 18, 2011
Politics Permissive outcome on coal port land-clearing violations The ruling from Whatcom County, state DNR seems to say: violate first, get a permit later. And pay a small fine. by Bob Simmons / September 19, 2011