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Northwest cooking: The chefs' books you want

Fri, Dec 21, 12:01 a.m.

By Ronald Holden

When the holidays come, regional cooking books have uses as gifts for others. Or just for use at home. Tom Douglas, Leslie Mackey (of Macrina), and others deliver the written goods.

Growing coal-port opposition creates tough choices for regulators

Mon, Dec 17, 5 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

Thousands of people turned out for seven regional meetings about plans to export coal for burning in China. Officials must now decide whether to tackle the concerns about train traffic and global warming.

How gun control effort can get a good start right here

Sun, Dec 16, 8:35 p.m.

By Tina Podlodowski

In response to the latest horrific gun slaughter, Washington state should do what it does well: Run an initiative.

Coal train impacts feared along the Sound

Mon, Dec 10, 1:12 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

Like many other cities, Seattle, Edmonds and Marysville are alarmed at the prospect of massive coal trains and their effects on communities. Compounding it all, tracks are already reaching capacity or nearing it.

Big Hollywood's digital push may mean the end for independent theaters

Thu, Dec 6, 6 a.m.

By Quin Benzel

A consortium of Hollywood studios is pressing for digital-only film distribution. For movie lovers, this could mean less variety and the end of some smaller independent movie theaters.

Crosscut Investigation: Prosecutors, debt collectors buddy-up to punish bad checks

Wed, Dec 5, 10:30 p.m.

By Harris Meyer

Why are state prosecutors contracting with private check companies to send letters threatening legal action and hundreds of dollars in fines to those who wrote a bad check?

How the Pearl Harbor attack still shapes America

Tue, Dec 4, 6 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

After Dec. 7, 1941, the now-disappearing Greatest Generation saved democracy, but much that came out of the end of World War II also lies behind our greatest security threats, from Iran to North Korea.

Coal supporters make their push

Mon, Dec 3, 12:01 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

In Whatcom County, people see a Cherry Point shipping terminal as a source of well-paying jobs and opportunity for local residents

Learning to love a Puget Sound winter

Mon, Nov 26, 8:15 p.m.

By Jackie Hiltz

Soggy, gray and chilly, but also green: Reflections of a former newcomer to Seattle on the pleasures of Western Washington's winters.

Seattle's Korean community: How immigration makes us all stronger

Wed, Nov 21, 12:01 a.m.

By Bill Stafford

The vitality of Seattle's Korean American community shows how America can benefit from more intelligent immigration policies.

Coal port testimony: The public speaks

Tue, Nov 13, 11:06 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

Green Acre Radio talks with the people attending public meetings about proposed facilities to export coal to China. The vast majority are opposed.

Epic Northwest battle: Defining how big a deal coal ports are

Mon, Nov 12, 12:01 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

The state has never seen an environmental review take comments from so much of the state. And unexpectedly large numbers of people are showing up to oppose shipping coal for burning in China.

Election 2012: Tale of 2 counties, 2 Americas

Fri, Nov 9, midnight

By Anthony B. Robinson

King County and northeastern Oregon's Wallowa County are two very different places that I know and love. The way they voted tell us a lot about the changing Pacific Northwest and the nation.

Preserving state's heritage: Why Spokane is central

Tue, Nov 6, 12:01 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Spokane reclaimed the falls that made it a gathering place, created a new downtown, and began to look at a new idea: recycling.

NW coal port traffic raises worry about huge marine spill

Wed, Oct 24, 12:01 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

While other areas worry about train traffic and climate change, San Juan Islanders also fear a shipping disaster that could harm whales, salmon, and beaches.