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 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 Weird but true: Alaskan tall tales The Iditarod race: something funny about those dogs? by Bob Simmons / December 21, 2009
Culture Disaster leads to chance for giant park in Whatcom County Circles indicate the location of the new 8400-acre Whatcom County Park. The boundaries cover much of Stewart and Lookout Mountains in the Lake Whatcom watershed. by Bob Simmons / December 7, 2009
Culture Self-congratulatory environmentalism Back East, folks somehow think it's enough to carry a reusable bag to a farmer's market. That prompts a screed against saving the earth with symbols. by Adam Vogt / December 22, 2008
Culture Battle on the Bellingham waterfront An architect's rendering of the preliminary design for the Bellingham waterfront. by Bob Simmons / December 17, 2008
Culture A word of support for Tyrone Willingham He's a decent man who inherited more problems than he could turn around in his brief tenure, argues this UW alum. by Adam Vogt / October 31, 2008