Environment Nick on the Rocks: Mount Baker, the volcano born from volcanoes Shifting glaciers revealed the North Cascade peak’s origins, forged from three ancient volcanoes that lived and died over the past million years. by Shannen Ortale / January 12, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The North Cascades' gneiss-est bedrock The range’s oldest bedrock sits high in the mountains near Canada. But the yellow aster gneiss originated an ocean away 400 million years ago. by Shannen Ortale / January 19, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The mystery of Waterville's basalt boulders Just north of Withrow, WA, pancake-flat fields are dotted with massive rocks that help us visualize an Ice Age glacier. by Shannen Ortale / January 26, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: Why Mount Shuksan is made of sea green stone Greenschist gets its tint from minerals compressed under the ocean long ago. Now it caps an entire mountaintop in the North Cascades. Special thanks to Central Washington University as the original... by Shannen Ortale / January 5, 2024
News The Newsfeed: Key takeaways from the 2024 WA legislative session Lawmakers addressed guns and the environment, but housing was left behind. Also, the deaths of rideshare drivers leads to requests for more aid. by Shannen Ortale / March 21, 2024
Mariners' home opener: Are we ready to forgive? Players come and go. Teams fall and rise. But always there is The Game. Are Seattle fans able to love The Game? by Greg Shaw / April 13, 2009
Environment Huge Fraser River sockeye run raises spirits, questions Sockeye salmon. (NOAA) by Peter Ladner / September 19, 2010
Some B.C. arts funding restored The provincial government has freed $7 million to be distributed by the B.C. Arts Council, after arts supporters blasted plans to use the money for Olympic-legacy 'Spirit Festivals.' by Peter Ladner / September 10, 2010
Environment Easy to be complacent about energy until it's too late The Olympics burned brightly in Vancouver, but seem to have failed to do much to create sustainable economic development. by Peter Ladner / September 8, 2010
Tech Olympics hangover endangers the arts in B.C. A scene from 'Dr. Egg & the Man with No Ear,' an upcoming production at The Cultch in Vancouver, B.C. by Peter Ladner / September 1, 2010