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
Equity For some of our homeless, why not managed campgrounds? Seattle's Hooverville, 1932 by Kent Kammerer / September 15, 2009
Chaos and twilight: Seattle Opera's Ring, part 2 Stig Andersen as Siegfried and Dennis Petersen as Mime by Fred Hauptman / August 15, 2009
Seattle Opera's Ring: What's it trying to say? Stephanie Blythe and Greer Grimsley by Fred Hauptman / August 11, 2009
Politics Why Seattle won't grow as fast as planners say Seattle: getting that shrinking feeling? by Kent Kammerer / August 10, 2009
Politics Backyard cottages for Seattle? Not so fast. The City wants to allow them all over town, in effect creating duplex zoning. The City has a long way to go to earn enough confidence in the neighborhoods for this experiment. by Kent Kammerer / July 26, 2009