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Canadian, U.S. post-pandemic travel trends are skipping the Point

Isolated from the rest of Washington, the economy of tiny Point Roberts depends on B.C. traffic. What does a persistent slump mean for its future?

Tom Banse

Salish Current

/ June 3, 2024

A flag is seen in the ruins of a home seen in front of a barren hillside.

Environment

A decade after the Oso landslide, WA works to improve preparedness

The Snohomish County disaster killed 43 residents in 2014. Today, geologists can better help people get out of harm’s way due to boosts in tech and funding.

Tom Banse

Washington State Standard

/ March 20, 2024

Opinion

The road to women's suffrage began in Washington state

100 years after the 19th Amendment granted women the vote, meet the Pacific Northwest activists who ignited the effort.

Carolyn McConnell

/ March 20, 2020

A humpback whale breaches in the Salish Sea

Environment

Salish Sea's 'humpback comeback' is a good sign, but concerns remain

More whales mean greater risk of ship strikes and fishing line entanglement.

Tom Banse

Northwest News Network

/ August 16, 2019

A large rat in a harness digs inside a pen filled with dirt.

Environment

These giant rats failed mine-sniffing school. Now they have a new career in Tacoma

While their relatives are saving lives around the world, Point Defiance's adorable African giant pouched rats are ambassadors for rodents everywhere.

Tom Banse

Northwest News Network

/ July 24, 2019

Environment

A proposed San Juans sanctuary may offer hope for captive orcas — and risks for wild ones

Nonprofit advocates think sea pens will improve the retired killer whales' quality of life. SeaWorld vets disagree.

Tom Banse

Northwest News Network

/ July 17, 2019

Politics

Take away the incentives for too many c-sections

Caesarean births account for one third of all deliveries

Carolyn McConnell

/ August 5, 2009

Equity

A well-timed play at ACT

Timely, because Below the Belt is about the price we pay when jobs are scarce, and also perfectly paced and superbly acted.

O. Casey Corr

/ May 31, 2009

Unannounced guest star of Intiman's new show: Sarah Palin

John Procaccino (left) as Willie Stark and Peter Dylan O'ê€™Connor as Sugar-Boy in Intiman Theatre's production of <i>All the King's Men</i>. (Chris Bennion)

O. Casey Corr

/ October 5, 2008

Politics

Reading the recent article in The Seattle Times about doulas in the state prisons, I wasn't sure whether to feel proud or ashamed of my state. It's a horrible thing for babies to be born in prison —...

Carolyn McConnell

/ June 9, 2008