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Lummi tribal members use gear for reef netting, a traditional method of fishing.

Lummi elders burn a dummy million-dollar check on the Cherry Point beach to make the point they will not be bought off (September 2012).

About 600 Washingtonians die each year from overdosing on prescription opioids or heroin, according to the state Health Department.

At least a dozen bills on a range of women’s reproductive health issues have been debated in Olympia during 2016’s short legislative session.

The language of Madeleine Fraley's purple card could be the basis for a similar card used by the state.

Lawmakers are looking at how to protect0 children from the chemicals in some flame retardants widely used in furniture.

An oil train in Alaska.

Empty coal cars flank Bakken Oil tankers at the Port of Everett. Existing train traffic for both oil and coal could grow.

A BNSF coal train passes between the Chrysalis Inn and Spa, an attractive Bellingham hostelry, and the popular Boulevard Park and Taylor Dock walkway.

BNSF diesels pulling coal trains near Bow, Washington, headed for Canada.