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Living with risk: Yes, but don't you love the view?

Guest Opinion: An emergency management expert on why Washingtonians choose to live in areas vulnerable to a tsunami. Or an earthquake. Or a volcanic flow.

Eric Holdeman

/ March 30, 2014

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The fight to create Washington's biggest park

Some of the damage from the 1983 Smith Creek landslide at Lake Whatcom.

Bob Simmons

/ April 25, 2012

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An ancient way to fish, and a better one

Lummi reefnet fishers haul in the pinks.

Bob Simmons

/ September 8, 2011

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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.

Bob Simmons

/ July 2, 2010

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Shakespeare has exciting outdoor home in Skagit Valley

An audience watches a rehearsal at the new Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre.

Bob Simmons

/ July 1, 2010

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Goodbye bank, hello park?

Shareholders' loss could be park advocates' gain in Bellingham, a city that bids to become the woodsiest on Puget Sound.

Bob Simmons

/ January 14, 2010

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Weird but true: Alaskan tall tales

The Iditarod race: something funny about those dogs?

Bob Simmons

/ December 21, 2009

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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.

Bob Simmons

/ December 7, 2009

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Battle on the Bellingham waterfront

An architect's rendering of the preliminary design for the Bellingham waterfront.

Bob Simmons

/ December 17, 2008

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Sarah Palin, comic book heroine

Striding the national stage

Bob Simmons

/ October 28, 2008