Culture
Shakespeare has exciting outdoor home in Skagit Valley
After a small community pulls together, Shakespeare in the round, or at least amid the rocks, promises to be a treat.
Bob Simmons
Bob Simmons is a longtime KING-TV reporter who has been writing news for print and television for 65 years.
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State tax ruling strikes blow to Whatcom's acclaimed bus system
A strange tax ruling by the state Department of Revenue will hit hard for a transit system already under financial pressure.
Politics
Sales tax ruling: Canadian shoppers, Come on down!
Technical twists in tax rules for Washington and British Columbia mean Canadian shoppers won't have to pay sales taxes on purchases in Whatcom County. Merchants expect additional sales, but local governments watch a revenue stream vanish.
Politics
How evading oil spill liability is helped by a Seattle tragedy
Deepwater Horizon's owners rely on an 1851 law with sorrowful applications to Seattle and Alaska history. The request for a liability cap of $27 million for the oil spill will have support from a case where a giant corporation got off paying $643 for the loss of 353 lives, including 149 from Seattle