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Commentary: A Whatcom County candidates forum revealed differences in style if not policy.

A photographer provides an up-close and personal look at eggs found on beaches in or near Port Townsend.

Road construction projects throughout Whatcom County are creating challenges now — for benefits later.

Post-COVID theater attendance lags but new alignments and venues promise a brighter future.

A proposal that would constrain Skagit farms in operating as event venues has prompted discussion on the future of the area’s sense of place.

Commentary: The trails and views overlooking Bellingham toward the west can and should be saved for people.

“A fed fox is a dead fox,” warn signs on San Juan Island, urging humans to keep their distance from foxes in the wild — for the sake of the animals.

Commentary: In a gathering last Saturday, the human rights group One Whatcom supported the local Jewish community against rising antisemitism.

Who will make the cut? Auditors in Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties have updated primary election vote counts that determine which two candidates will face off in November’s general election.

Military veterans have served their country and reintegrated into civilian life. When it comes to local elections, do they vote?

A writer’s exploration and evocations of Northwest rivers and forests will highlight an event to support protection of what remains of the wilderness.

Commentary: There are many ways to interpret the idea of the “rights of nature” — so many layers that most of us can forget that we are nature.

The loss of glaciers threatens agriculture, fisheries, drinking water, hydroelectric power and recreation.

As summer temperatures rise over time, Mount Baker’s shrinking glaciers reveal the impact.

Commentary: The “rights of nature” issue is a dynamic balance among the rights of voiceless forms of life, the idea of “ownership,” the common welfare, and human happiness in nature and grief for its loss.

“Lyra,” showing July 18 at Bellingham’s Pickford Film Center, documents the story of murdered Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee and spotlights the dangers and power of journalism — and why it matters.