Culture The fight to create Washington's biggest park Some of the damage from the 1983 Smith Creek landslide at Lake Whatcom. by Bob Simmons / April 25, 2012
Culture An ancient way to fish, and a better one Lummi reefnet fishers haul in the pinks. by Bob Simmons / September 8, 2011
Culture Hiking the long tunnel at Snoqualmie Pass West portal of the Milwaukee Road tunnel under Snoqualmie Pass. by Douglas MacDonald / June 30, 2011
Culture A meandering bicyclist weighs in on the 'road diet' debate Patching on a Seattle street. by Douglas MacDonald / August 30, 2010
Culture The ultimate Cascades hike, along the ghost railroad A hiker in one of the big abandoned snowsheds of the Iron Goat trail by Douglas MacDonald / August 18, 2010
Culture Sales-tax exemption for Canadians put on hold A Superior Court judge has blocked plans for the state to exempt Canadians from Washington's sales tax. by Bob Simmons / July 2, 2010
Culture Shakespeare has exciting outdoor home in Skagit Valley An audience watches a rehearsal at the new Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre. by Bob Simmons / July 1, 2010
Culture Goodbye bank, hello park? Shareholders' loss could be park advocates' gain in Bellingham, a city that bids to become the woodsiest on Puget Sound. by Bob Simmons / January 14, 2010
Culture Best of 2009: How I learned to love the bag fee The first grocery plastic bag, in the late 1970s by Douglas MacDonald / December 29, 2009
Culture Weird but true: Alaskan tall tales The Iditarod race: something funny about those dogs? by Bob Simmons / December 21, 2009