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Human Elements: The Veterinarian

The Veterinarian

A team helps endangered Vancouver Island marmots find their place in the wild.

The Great Seattle-Tacoma Blow-up

Seattle and Tacoma's biggest battle is over the name of our biggest mountain. Since the mid-19th century, Seattle and Tacoma have been business rivals. A focus of their fight: what to call Mt. Rainier. Tacomans wanted it renamed Tacoma or Tahoma, said to be the native names for the volcano, but the mountain’s “discoverer” named it for a friend in the Royal Navy. Rainier survives, but the discussion has been rekindled after Alaska’s Mt. McKinley was renamed “Denali.”

An Artist Remembers the Seattle Viaduct

Baso Fibonacci has lived and made art next to the Alaskan Way Viaduct for 10 years. The 90,000 cars that used the elevated highway each day served as soundtrack and inspiration. But the city has closed the viaduct and in a few months it will be completely torn down. What will happen to Baso and his art is an open question. But before the columns come down, the artist put on one last art show.

When Seattle cared more about coal than climate change

In the PNW, we are concerned about climate change and our dependence on fossil fuels – especially coal. But there was a time 100 years ago when coal was king in King County. Coal mines sprang up in Newcastle, Black Diamond, Renton, Issaquah and as far north as Bellingham. Seattle’s emerging commercial harbor shipped millions of tons of coal to the entire West Coast.