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
Politics One year later, Deepwater Horizon still spreads trouble Antonia Juhasz, author of "Black Tide." by Bond Huberman / April 29, 2011
Culture Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts: street-smart historian The young Houston writer's first book, 'Harlem is Nowhere,' teaches us that studying history is truly about living in the present. by Bond Huberman / April 26, 2011
Culture Joyce Carol Oates and the ludicrous nature of grief Joyce Carol Oates by Bond Huberman / April 21, 2011
Scenes of great pain and good humor in 'O Lovely Glowworm' Michael Patten and Brian Claudio Smith in 'O Lovely Glowworm.' by Bond Huberman / April 20, 2011
Life lessons from a dead goat, following a real-life tragedy Mark Chamberlin, a longtime local actor and NCTC board member, died March 22 following a bike accident. by Bond Huberman / April 16, 2011