Bob Simmons

The ruling from Whatcom County, state DNR seems to say: violate first, get a permit later. And pay a small fine.

State and Whatcom County officials say no long-term moratorium on development will apply.

A group of physicians predict a potentially harmful increase in pollutants if a coal port is constructed near Bellingham. A shipping company suggests that the doctors are missing out on larger air...

The cost shouldn't be a show-stopper for a major corporation: $4,400.

SSA Marine has reversed its earlier position suggesting that Whatcom County regulators bore the blame for the company's non-permitted work on Cherry Point wetlands.

Environmentalists and a shipping company have broken off talks seeking a compromise over the proposal to build a shipping facility near Bellingham to ship massive amounts of coal to China.