Opinion
Concerned coal trains would harm Bellingham
Today I was reminded why I live in Bellingham and why I want to protect this beautiful corner of the world.
Opinion
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Unhappy cigarettes allows in public
Why are cigarettes allowed to be smoked in public? With dozens of toxins and carcinogens -- not to mention the fact that smokers must believe the butts will magically disappear -- we must be quite insane to allow this travesty to occur. But, of course, we are collectively insane, aren't we? We're...
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NORTHWEST OPINION COLUMNS
Our Voice: We’re thankful for graduates and compassionate gestures that help them and others
From the Class of 2013 to women who escape from sexual slavery, there is much good that happens in the world — even when we’re surrounded by darkness and heartache.
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NORTHWEST OPINION COLUMNS
Our Voice: We're thankful for graduates and compassionate gestures that help them and others
From the Class of 2013 to women who escape from sexual slavery, there is much good that happens in the world -- even when we're surrounded by darkness and heartache.
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NORTHWEST OPINION COLUMNS
Closure denied in the vanishing of Susan Powell
Three-and-a-half years after it started, the most heart-wrenching missing person investigation in Pierce County’s history may have come to an end. And Susan Cox Powell’s remains have yet to be found.
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NORTHWEST OPINION COLUMNS
Good, long-term prospects for port and community
Thurston County taxpayers got good news from the Port of Olympia last week that it signed a new lease with Weyerhaeuser for its log export business. That means revenues in excess of $260,000 per year for up to the next 20 years, which will help continue the recent trend of financial success at the...
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NORTHWEST OPINION COLUMNS
Move ahead with alcohol restrictions
Olympia City Council should reject the last minute and ill-conceived request from beer and wine distributors and proceed with banning high-potency alcohol drinks in the downtown core. Eliminating public inebriation and its after-effects are central to the city’s short- and long-term downtown...
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WHATCOM OPINION COLUMNS
Gateway Pacific Terminal coal port train traffic could impact Boulevard Park
It is a warm afternoon in spring and Boulevard Park is full. Kids splash at the beach, couples stroll across the bridges and a group of runners zips along the waterfront. All the outside tables at Woods Coffee are filled. When the weather warms up in Whatcom County, everyone gets out.
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NORTHWEST OPINION COLUMNS
Tornado a portent of what could happen here
Viewing the swath of total destruction left by Monday’s tornado in Moore, Okla., it’s hard to believe anyone could have survived. But as of this writing, the death toll was a surprisingly low 24 – that is expected to rise – even though the twister was a mile-wide, top...
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NATIONAL OPINION COLUMNS
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Why Mark Carson matters
Mark Carson was shot in the face because he's gay.
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NORTHWEST OPINION COLUMNS
Filings for office both disappointing and interesting
It’s more than a little disappointing that 65 percent of this fall’s contests for public office have already been decided. Democracy works best when challengers press incumbents to defend their records and stir debate over issues that will directly affect voters’ quality of ...
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