Bob Simmons is a longtime KING-TV reporter who has been writing news for print and television for 65 years.
Taken by surprise, some members of the Washington D.C. delegation are preparing to challenge the decision moving NOAA from Seattle to Newport, Oregon. It's a particularly tough blow for Bellingham, whose ambitious waterfront revival was counting on the NOAA fleet.
Cooler weather and voluntary conservation saved the day, but the underlying problems with Lake Whatcom remain
Problems in Lake Whatcom come back to haunt the city, as algae blooms created by shoreline development have clogged the water filtration system. No landscape watering until further notice, the city decrees.
Which is more threatened: wetlands or farmlands? And bear in mind that Skagit Valley farmland is perhaps the finest dirt in the world.
