County planners declare the 1997 shoreline permit doesn't apply to the greatly expanded plans for a huge coal port north of Bellingham. A new application will have to be filed.
UPDATED: Liberal/green Bellingham is pitted against a more conservative Whatcom County on the explosive issue of a giant coal port. Gov. Gregoire is being urged to step in and order the state...
Signing on with the conservatives doesn't look so smart for the Liberal Democrats now. But their woes have opened the way for a test of Scottish wishes for independence.
