Environment Outdated sewage treatment is suffocating fish in Puget Sound Communities around the sound are relying on 100-year-old technology to whisk away waste. by Allegra Abramo InvestigateWest / December 7, 2020 / Updated Dec. 8 at 11 a.m.
Environment Slower ships: A saving grace for orcas? A team of U.S. and Canadian scientists are researching whether enforcing vessel speed limits could buy the whales more time. by Allegra Abramo / January 2, 2018
Environment Hungry and disappearing: Is the orcas' future already here? Jeanne Hyde captured this photo of J-27 chasing Salmon. by Allegra Abramo / November 13, 2017
Environment Sailing soon: an Orca-friendly, all-electric car ferry A hybrid-electric ferry, the Vision of the Fjords. by Allegra Abramo / August 21, 2017
Politics Healthier flame retardants: Will Legislature finally protect kids, families? Lawmakers are looking at how to protect0 children from the chemicals in some flame retardants widely used in furniture. by Allegra Abramo for InvestigateWest / February 4, 2016
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
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 Big Coal meets Cherry Point's tiny herring The site of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal by Bob Simmons / October 27, 2011
