Culture Sales-tax exemption for Canadians put on hold A Superior Court judge has blocked plans for the state to exempt Canadians from Washington's sales tax. by Bob Simmons / July 2, 2010
Culture Shakespeare has exciting outdoor home in Skagit Valley An audience watches a rehearsal at the new Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre. by Bob Simmons / July 1, 2010
Culture Battle on the Bellingham waterfront An architect's rendering of the preliminary design for the Bellingham waterfront. by Bob Simmons / December 17, 2008
Culture ACT's Noel Coward show: joyful and unrestrained Anna Lauris in ACT's <i>A Marvelous Party</i>. (Chris Bennion) by Ben Rankin / June 24, 2008
Culture A quarter-century later, standing ovations for 'Fences' Playwright August Wilson by Ben Rankin / April 6, 2010
Culture At Intiman, a potent rendering of a hardscrabble world Intiman's new artistic director, Kate Whoriskey, restages the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Ruined' by Ben Rankin / July 28, 2010
Culture Seattle's water is Bellingham's wishful drinking Lake Whatcom in Bellingham, Wash. (Creative Commons / Wikimedia) by Bob Simmons / May 26, 2008
Culture ACT's fascinating collage on race and identity At ACT: a fusion of movement and theater by Ben Rankin / July 10, 2009
Culture Weird but true: Alaskan tall tales The Iditarod race: something funny about those dogs? by Bob Simmons / December 21, 2009
Culture Goodbye bank, hello park? Shareholders' loss could be park advocates' gain in Bellingham, a city that bids to become the woodsiest on Puget Sound. by Bob Simmons / January 14, 2010