Breaching Snake River dams could save salmon and orcas, but destroy livelihoods VIEW
Folks whose jobs depend on four federal dams in southeastern Washington say that pleas to breach the dams are forcing them to speak out in...
Ron Judd
Ron Judd is a staff reporter for Pacific NW magazine. Ron, one of the Times’ great storytellers, will report and write stories that reflect how our region is changing, and how those changes are affecting who we are and who we will become.
Is it just me, or is Washington’s east-west divide more divisive than it used to be?
If westersiders really knew the eastsiders, would they still want to breach their dams?
Why the true story of the 1919 Seattle General Strike matters so much now
Exploring the importance of people and place — and historical accuracy.
Setting the record straight on the 1919 Seattle General Strike VIEW
In 1919, Seattle’s General Strike shut down the city for 6 days — but in the 100 years since, its stories have grown a little...
Mark Harrison, longtime Seattle Times photographer, dies at 58
Mark Harrison specialized in sports photography, producing evocative, live-action photographs, particularly of college athletics — most captured with a heavy, unwieldy 400-millimeter lens, which he...
The legend of Sasquatch won’t die. (But if just one Bigfoot would — die, that is — Ron Judd would become a believer.) VIEW
Professional Bigfoot believers keep believing, and profiting, but they lack one thing — evidence.
Local activists are giving peace a better chance, following the midterm election VIEW
POSTSCRIPTS: The work of grass-roots groups is having an effect, reminding people there are nuclear warheads sitting 20 miles from downtown Seattle.
After 12 years of more talk than action, work on Bellingham’s central waterfront is finally underway VIEW
Most of the redevelopment work is still in the works, but even now, residents actually can access Bellingham Bay.
The Backstory: What we can learn from Bellingham’s on-again waterfront restoration
The eclectic city is finally stepping into its future — more than a decade after losing the toilet-paper mill stuck to its shoe.
Why aren’t more people freaking out about the nuclear warheads sitting 20 miles from downtown Seattle? | PNW Magazine VIEW
With so many social justice issues to consider, most of today’s young activists are taking a pass on the peace train.