John Stark

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed near-despair over the dysfunctional state of the federal government during a Bellingham City Club lecture Wednesday, March 26.

Northwest glaciers are shrinking and marine life is struggling as climate change makes itself felt on land and sea.

The Lummi Nation's position on the Gateway Pacific coal terminal seemed crystal clear in a July 30, 2013, letter to Col. Bruce Estok, district engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Seattle.

The BP Cherry Point refinery in Washington, which processes Alaska crude, has been fined $69,200 for 13 safety violations that the state has labeled serious.