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A conversation with Scott Linneman		2014-02-20
Mystery illness decimating sea star populations	It’s an iconic summertime image in the Northwest: children playing on the shoreline at low tide, shoveling sand into plastic pails while purple and orange sea stars cling to exposed rocks nearby. On some beaches this summer, that scene likely will be missing the sea stars.	2014-02-19
State legislators older, richer, less diverse than population	State Rep. Hans Dunshee drives a 14-year-old Toyota Echo, lives in a modest home he partly rents out and otherwise survives off the income of being a state legislator — $42,106 a year. The 60-year-old lawmaker used to run a small business designing septic systems…	2014-02-18
Baylor profs to study nature, value of faith	Philosophy scholars at Baylor University have received a $1.5 million grant to investigate religious beliefs in order to “shed new light on faith,” according to a news release about the three-year study. The gift from the Templeton Religion Trust will finance “The…	2014-02-14
Dakota Creek bridge will get seismic retrofits	While significant earthquakes don’t happen very often in Whatcom County, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is making sure that if one does occur the Dakota Creek Bridge on Peace Portal Drive will be ready to rock and roll. On February 11, Whatcom County Council…	2014-02-13
Market Report: Canadian dollar worth watching in coming months	The Canadian dollar was on the mind of many Whatcom County retailers in January. The loonie had its worst January in 42 years in 2014, losing 4.5 percent of its value as the currency dropped below 90 cents compared to the U.S. dollar.	2014-02-10
Loonie falters, but optimism remains for cross-border business	While the recent weakening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar has raised concerns over potential impacts to Whatcom County’s tourism and retail industries, one Ferndale-based company sees the loonie’s drop a bit differently. For the past two decades, International Market Access…	2014-02-03
West Coast's disappearing sea stars	Near the ferry docks on Puget Sound, a group of scientists and volunteer divers shimmy into suits and double-check their air tanks. They move with the urgency of a group on a mission. And they are. They’re trying to solve a marine mystery.	2014-02-03
The devil's earworm made me do it	I hate to sound all hard-core, fundamentalist, evangelical religious, but it just may be true that music is the instrument of the devil. And if that’s the case, the music website Pandora.com is the devil’s stomping grounds, and the earworm — aka the song stuck in your head — is his…	2014-02-03
From Window Magazine: Shameless		2014-01-31

2014-02-20

Mystery illness decimating sea star populations

It’s an iconic summertime image in the Northwest: children playing on the shoreline at low tide, shoveling sand into plastic pails while purple and orange sea stars cling to exposed rocks nearby.
On some beaches this summer, that scene likely will be missing the sea stars.

2014-02-19

State legislators older, richer, less diverse than population

State Rep. Hans Dunshee drives a 14-year-old Toyota Echo, lives in a modest home he partly rents out and otherwise survives off the income of being a state legislator — $42,106 a year.

The 60-year-old lawmaker used to run a small business designing septic systems…

2014-02-18

Baylor profs to study nature, value of faith

Philosophy scholars at Baylor University have received a $1.5 million grant to investigate religious beliefs in order to “shed new light on faith,” according to a news release about the three-year study.

The gift from the Templeton Religion Trust will finance “The…

2014-02-14

Dakota Creek bridge will get seismic retrofits

While significant earthquakes don’t happen very often in Whatcom County, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is making sure that if one does occur the Dakota Creek Bridge on Peace Portal Drive will be ready to rock and roll.

On February 11, Whatcom County Council…

2014-02-13

Market Report: Canadian dollar worth watching in coming months

The Canadian dollar was on the mind of many Whatcom County retailers in January.

The loonie had its worst January in 42 years in 2014, losing 4.5 percent of its value as the currency dropped below 90 cents compared to the U.S. dollar.

2014-02-10

Loonie falters, but optimism remains for cross-border business

While the recent weakening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar has raised concerns over potential impacts to Whatcom County’s tourism and retail industries, one Ferndale-based company sees the loonie’s drop a bit differently.
For the past two decades, International Market Access…

2014-02-03

West Coast's disappearing sea stars

Near the ferry docks on Puget Sound, a group of scientists and volunteer divers shimmy into suits and double-check their air tanks.

They move with the urgency of a group on a mission. And they are. They’re trying to solve a marine mystery.

2014-02-03

The devil's earworm made me do it

I hate to sound all hard-core, fundamentalist, evangelical religious, but it just may be true that music is the instrument of the devil.

And if that’s the case, the music website Pandora.com is the devil’s stomping grounds, and the earworm — aka the song stuck in your head — is his…

2014-02-03

From Window Magazine: Shameless

2014-01-31

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