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The Daily Troll: Dems' 1st big mayor endorsement? An unexpected biker gang. Tim Eyman's pay.

Thu, May 9, 4:38 p.m.

By Joe Copeland

Gold in them thar initiatives. Pebble Mine: Bad news for salmon.

Big energy firm still hungry after backing out of OR coal plan

Thu, May 9, 5 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

The withdrawal of Kinder Morgan from plans for coal exports from the Port of St. Helens still leaves other efforts in the works. And the company is hunting for other coal port sites.

Coal exports: There could be a twist on the global warming argument

Tue, Jan 29, 5 a.m.

By Tracy Warner

Guest Opinion: If you look at one study, the easy assumptions that exporting coal will harm the climate could prove backward. Two Stanford researchers raise a point worth looking at.

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.

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.

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.

How Hood River morphed into the Aspen of the West

Thu, Nov 1, 12:01 a.m.

By Anthony B. Robinson

America has become a place where the affluent may consciously go shopping for a new hometown. The phenomenon is reshaping many Western communities.

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.

Hidden dangers at Pacific Coast oil refineries

Tue, Sep 11, midnight

By Jeremy Miller

The most deadly recent disaster claimed the lives of seven workers at an Anacortes refinery in 2010. Refineries' proximity to people also pose dangers beyond plants.

Doc Hastings launches a new effort to save dams from salmon

Wed, Aug 29, midnight

By Daniel Jack Chasan

A GOP bill goes before a congressional subcommittee headed by a representative who believes dam-removal proponents seek higher gas prices and reduced lifestyles. The dams-versus-salmon dispute heats up again.

No drought here: Palouse is an agricultural wonderland

Wed, Jul 25, midnight

By Ronald Holden

Wheat blooms alongside grapes in Eastern Washington and Idaho Panhandle. And the market is looking for Pacific Northwest farmers.

Could Seattle do it again?

Thu, Jul 5, midnight

By Knute Berger

Fifty years ago the World's Fair put Seattle on the map. Could the Emerald City pull off another world expo?

High Court lets Romney stay on the money train

Tue, Jun 26, midnight

By Floyd McKay

The partisan-oriented ruling faction of the U.S. Supreme Court took a chance to undo its Citizens United ruling and flung it out to the trash heap.

Is Hanford stuck with the hot waste?

Wed, Jun 20, midnight

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Yucca Mountain, rejected by the Obama adminstration, was the only option for taking away the glass logs supposed to seal the radioactive waste. Few but Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee seem to think Yucca Mountain remains viable.

Big fish, little fish: Fisheries Council looks at pre-emptive protection

Thu, Jun 14, midnight

By Daniel Jack Chasan

The Pacific Fisheries Management Council could dive into the protection of the smaller species that feed marine mammals, salmon, tuna, and other fish that people love to eat.