1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1045+ words) PORT RENFREW, British Columbia — The road to Big Lonely Doug is rutted and rugged. We inched along the unpaved logging route in the southwestern corner of Vancouver Island in search of a celebrity Douglas fir that has survived the felling…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1055+ words) At the Blaine waterfront, orange construction fence outlines bird-poop-stained boat slips, warning people to keep off. The former Westman Marine boatyard is devoid of noise and work, a sign that work to clean up its polluted waters and soil is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (319+ words) It’s November 1897 and 15 men arrive in Edison with one goal in mind: show that socialism can work. They were backed by the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth, a New England-based reform group that intended to prove the viability of socialism…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (125+ words) Lookout Mountain Forest Preserve, more than 4,000 acres of forestland adjacent to Sudden Valley, is ripe for hiking, trail running and mountain biking on its small system of trails. A hike in the forest can take you to a waterfall, over…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (248+ words) Cleanup is ongoing after illegal shooters polluted Jackman Creek, a fish-bearing stream outside of Concrete, with gallons of oil and other automotive fluids. Almost 20 5-gallon buckets and some plastic jugs were removed from the creek by crews from the state…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (168+ words) Visitors of Toad Lake: Take precautions. Testing at the small lake located 5 miles northeast of Bellingham found microcystins with toxin levels beyond recreational guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Health. They were detected…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (458+ words) The latest challenge to a proposed subdivision in south Bellingham has failed, after the Bellingham City Council on Friday affirmed the hearing examiner’s approval of the Woods at Viewcrest project. The proposed 38-lot Woods at Viewcrest development, which would sit…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1004+ words) Turn on the faucet, take a shower, flush the toilet; it all feels routine. Most of us don’t spend much (if any!) time thinking about where that water goes once it disappears down the drain. But long after wastewater leaves…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (548+ words) The federal government this week moved closer to repealing the Roadless Rule, a 2001 action that prohibited road building and logging in 58 million acres of national forest around the country, including more than 400,000 acres in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1661+ words) During the Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) Board of Directors workshop on Aug. 6, a staff member reported fare revenue projections of $1.7 million for 2026 and $3.1 million for 2027. She said, “That does factor in a 2% decline in ridership on fixed route[s] for…...