Stories for July 27, 2011

Everett-Vancouver: a railroad bottleneck if coal trains increase

Wed, Jul 27, 9:58 p.m.

A new study shows passenger rail service from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., can expand. But additional freight traffic from coal trains would create a problem for a stretch of single-track rail, landslides, and low-roof tunnels.

Daughter of Norway: sorrow for land where we once honeymooned

Wed, Jul 27, 2:30 p.m.

By Sue Frause

Growing up, I was surrounded by Norskes. My non-English speaking grandparents emigrated from Trondheim, Norway, to Snohomish County.

City's Roosevelt plan could scare other neighborhoods

Wed, Jul 27, 11:33 a.m.

By Kent Kammerer

The neighbors took the lead in planning for a Sound Transit station. Then came developers, followed by the city leaders who are pushing aside the plans of the residents. It's an instructive tale of zoning politics, and the pressure to crowd too many people around transit stations.

Art and the Far West: 'chasms without and chasms within'

Wed, Jul 27, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Since Capt. Vancouver in 1792, artists and painters have tried to depict and understand "Yosemites in the soul." Here's a survey of major artists and shifting modes of perceiving the colossal and awesome landscapes of the West.