Politics
Lummi Tribe joins the opposition to Whatcom coal port
Extensive environmental hearings are about to get underway, reviewing the proposed coal port and its impacts. The tribes further complicate the chances for the port facility.
Floyd McKay
Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting
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Elections
1st District: DelBene and Koster will fight to the finish
The state's Democrats choose a moderate to run against a Republican, who is known as a conservative but who has refused to take a no-tax-increase pledge.
Politics
High Court lets Romney stay on the money train
The partisan-oriented ruling faction of the U.S. Supreme Court took a chance to undo its Citizens United ruling and flung it out to the trash heap.
Environment
Coal exports could block passenger-rail expansion
The corporations involved with a proposed Bellingham-area coal export facility could get a nearly free ride on rail upgrades. Or the coal traffic might just kill hopes for a greener form of travel.
Environment
Coal export plan takes an unlikely hit
Environmentalists received an assist from an unlikely source, Portland General Electric Co.