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Coal Train: The people and process behind Bellingham's coal port decision

“The long and winding road . . . that leads to your door.” Paul McCartney’s road could scarcely be longer and more twisted than the process that rolls forth next week as public comment closes (for the moment) on the controversial proposal to build a giant coal-export terminal north of Bellingham…

2013-01-23
Graves to leave NVN in February

Nisqually Valley News Editor and Publisher Keven R. Graves has been named the executive editor and publisher for the Whidbey Newspaper Group, which includes The Whidbey News-Times, the Whidbey Examiner and the South Whidbey Record, as well as the Crosswind, a monthly veterans' publication…

2013-01-15
Remembering Whatcom County residents who died in 2012

With the new year ahead of us, let's stop for a moment to remember some of the noteworthy Whatcom County people who died in 2012:

2013-01-07
Community mourns former sports editor Bob Taylor

Robert L. “Bob” Taylor, former longtime sports editor of The Issaquah Press, died Christmas Eve morning, Dec. 24, 2012, at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. He was 63.

Taylor, of Renton, was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, and was battling that…

2012-12-31
Whatcom Poet: Tim Pilgrim

Poet: Born in Montana, Tim Pilgrim is an associate professor of journalism at Western Washington University, with college degrees in education, English and communications.

Poetry then: "I've been writing poetry since sixth grade in Dillon, Mont. Published 'The woods near…

2012-11-26
Struggling game developer Zynga lays off hundreds

There may not be as many farmhands available to harvest the crops for struggling Facebook game developer Zynga.

The company—most famous for games like Farmville and Words With Friends—reportedly carried out hundreds of layoffs in Austin, Chicago and Cambridge on…

2012-10-24
How to get a free Ivy League education online

Didn’t get into MIT? Student loans wouldn’t cover Yale? Was Stanford too far to commute? It’s never too late to get an Ivy League education—or take advantage of college courses at any number of universities from just about anywhere. And what’s even better: It’s often free. Universities…

2012-10-23
Panel to discuss Western Reads book Oct. 25 2012-10-08
Ask the experts: Alternative energy

We heard both candidates discuss alternative energy at this week’s presidential debate in Denver.

President Obama said, “we’ve got to look at the energy sources of the future, like wind and solar and biofuels, and make those investments.” The support for alternative energy sources,…

2012-10-08
Performances on the meaning of womanhood start Friday at the Firehouse 2012-09-27
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