After 12 years of more talk than action, work on Bellingham’s central...
Most of the redevelopment work is still in the works, but even now, residents actually can access Bellingham Bay.
View ArticleLocal activists are giving peace a better chance, following the midterm election
POSTSCRIPTS: The work of grass-roots groups is having an effect, reminding people there are nuclear warheads sitting 20 miles from downtown Seattle.
View ArticleThe legend of Sasquatch won’t die. (But if just one Bigfoot would — die, that...
Professional Bigfoot believers keep believing, and profiting, but they lack one thing — evidence.
View ArticleMark Harrison, longtime Seattle Times photographer, dies at 58
Mark Harrison specialized in sports photography, producing evocative, live-action photographs, particularly of college athletics — most captured with a heavy, unwieldy 400-millimeter lens, which he...
View ArticleSetting the record straight on the 1919 Seattle General Strike
In 1919, Seattle’s General Strike shut down the city for 6 days — but in the 100 years since, its stories have grown a little murky.
View ArticleWhy the true story of the 1919 Seattle General Strike matters so much now
Exploring the importance of people and place — and historical accuracy.
View ArticleBreaching Snake River dams could save salmon and orcas, but destroy livelihoods
Folks whose jobs depend on four federal dams in southeastern Washington say that pleas to breach the dams are forcing them to speak out in defense of their economy and their way of life.
View ArticleIs it just me, or is Washington’s east-west divide more divisive than it used...
If westersiders really knew the eastsiders, would they still want to breach their dams?
View ArticleOn Ron Judd’s revised Ten Essentials list: toilet paper, your stupid phone...
Also handy for a trip to the wilderness: good chocolate, poetry (it’ll make you seem deeper than you really are, just in case you don’t make it out) and a buttload of anti-inflammatories.
View ArticleProof that even with the classic Ten Essentials, your mileage may vary
So maybe someone (ahem, Ron Judd) packs 150 Essentials. He could need them!
View ArticleThe Backstory: What’s a big, old armory like you doing in a city like this?
Though their fates are varied, Washington’s armories hold an important place in our history and culture.
View ArticleWhy Washington’s armories are worth saving
Filled with history (and sometimes, still, people), these century-old fortresses now battle age and public opinion as they face a future of civic use, private renovation … or even all-out abandonment.
View ArticleYes, we landed on the moon. If you don’t believe it, try telling an astronaut.
Fact: It happened. Fact: Every conspiracy theory claiming otherwise has been debunked. Fact: Facts sure aren’t what they used to be.
View ArticleThe Backstory: The dark side of the moon-landing conspiracy theory
The intrusion of conspiracy theory into public policy is one of the most troubling aspects of current U.S. political reality.
View ArticleThe Backstory: It’s all hands on deck at ‘Cape D’ — and we’re in very good hands
When the lifeboats aren’t rolling, destructive otters and an unusual hard hat are ‘things you’ve just got to roll with,’ says commanding officer Lt. Jessica Shafer.
View ArticleLt. Jessica Shafer keeps her mind on the bar as the 1st female commanding...
She emphasizes teamwork and exudes humility, but Jessica Shafer leads with uncommon courage, dedication and skill.
View ArticleIt’s not necessarily nosy if you just happen to eavesdrop on this Nextdoor...
Ron Judd re-creates a ‘typical’ exchange, where the case of a missing monkey quickly devolves into less-than-neighborly snark.
View ArticleThe Backstory: Our fictional Nextdoor thread *probably* isn’t about you
How citizen ‘reporters’ and marauding coyotes took over the neighborhood ‘news cycle.
View ArticlePort Townsend wrestles with its increasingly complex identity and dizzying...
As a historically seafaring town that’s also way ahead of its time, picturesque Port Townsend hopes to grow respectfully, responsibly and authentically offbeat.
View ArticleThe Backstory: Tag along to Port Townsend — if you haven’t already moved there
As in many smaller Northwest towns, things are changing rapidly here.
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