Environment Best of 2011: Where there's smoke, there's sickness Smoke coming from fireplaces and wood stoves has been linked to a host of health effects including heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and asthma attacks. Wood stoves that are more than 20... by Robert McClure for InvestigateWest / December 29, 2011
Politics How far will we sprawl? In Washington, no one knows Farm land and suburban-style development meet in Big Lake, Washington. by Robert McClure for InvestigateWest / January 12, 2011
Politics State board limits developers' ability to avoid water regulations Andrea McNamara Doyle chairs the state Pollution Control Hearings Board, which recently ruled on a case involving developers' rights. by Robert McClure for InvestigateWest / January 11, 2011
Politics Odd provision in state law severely undercuts growth management Railroad Avenue in Black Diamond: Opponents fear a major development will drastically change the area around the city. by Robert McClure for InvestigateWest / January 11, 2011
Seattle Opera rediscovers the noble simplicity of Gluck From left, William Burden as Pylades and Brett Polegato as Orestes in <i>Iphigenie en Tauride</i>. (Bill Mohn) by Fred Hauptman / October 16, 2007
Lawrence Brownlee shines in Seattle Opera's Puritani Lawrence Brownlee (Arturo) in <i>I Puritani</i>. (Rozarii Lynch) by Fred Hauptman / May 4, 2008
The good old days Gunter Herbig. (Terry Harrison Artists Management) by Fred Hauptman / April 19, 2008
Chaos and twilight: Seattle Opera's Ring, part 2 Stig Andersen as Siegfried and Dennis Petersen as Mime by Fred Hauptman / August 15, 2009
Seattle Opera's Ring: What's it trying to say? Stephanie Blythe and Greer Grimsley by Fred Hauptman / August 11, 2009
Mind sex and 'Tristan' Conductor Asher Fisch and General Director Speight Jenkins. by Fred Hauptman / August 3, 2010