Northwest oil threat?

A proposed Canadian pipeline could "bring a massive expansion in both the volume of crude oil and the number of tankers transiting the Salish Sea," Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller say in a joint statement.

Fix those buoys!

State Sen. Forrest Dunbar, D-Anchorage, has introduced a resolution urging Congress and NOAA to address outages of key weather and wave buoys including the Seal Rocks Buoy at Hinchinbrook Entrance, where oil tankers pass.