When it finally came, she and a crew of research technicians rushed to Tacoma to pull hundreds of chinook salmon out of Commencement Bay as part of a study on how the fish are affected by stormwater.

Eight months later, Ragfinery has an address for its future home: 115 Unity St., Suite 101, in downtown Bellingham. Executive Director Kate Stragis delivered the news onstage Saturday, Aug. 16 at the ...