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
Feds' stimulus for high-speed rail is low-speed The tracks at Seattle's King Street Station are to be improved with federal funds for high-speed rail. by C.B. Hall / July 6, 2010
Politics Rough seas for Puget Sound's foot ferries The 'Spirit of Kingston' passenger ferry by C.B. Hall / February 8, 2011
Politics Legislators counter Gregoire's ferry plan with one of their own Washington state's newest ferry, the Chetzemoka. by C.B. Hall / January 24, 2011
Tech Eastside rail line: Can suburbia deal with a freight train? A freight car sits on a spur just off the main line near downtown Bellevue. by C.B. Hall / January 19, 2011
Politics Seattle-to-Portland Amtrak service to get a boost The tracks at Seattle's King Street Station are to be improved with federal funds for high-speed rail. by C.B. Hall / September 6, 2010