Photo of the Blaine Air Force Station in 1966. The back of the photo is printed with the caption: "SCANNING THE SKIES – This huge radar antenna provides part of the information that the men of the Back Up Interceptor Control Center require to make their air defense decisions. [Read More...]
by Giovanni Roverso If people had more affordable housing options to choose from, more people struggling with homelessness would be able to find a place to rent, John Moon, Habitat for Humanity Whatcom executive director said in a statement. When it comes to developing a more affordable home, the thing [Read More...]
A close-up view into the new equipment installed within Silfab's solar panel fabrication plant in Bellingham. The kind of back-contact solar panels produced here are the first to be manufactured in North America. – Photo courtesy of Silfab. by Giovanni Roverso Environmental laws have been burgeoning in Washington [Read More...]
This article was first published in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. A longfin smeltphoto: Rachel Arnold/SSRC by Eric Wagner A river spawning species of forage fish known as the longfin smelt is rare and getting rarer in the Salish Sea. Biologists are looking into the mysterious decline of the [Read More...]
illustrator: Hilary Cole by Nate Sanford Author's Note: On December 27, 2020, funding was finally secured through the "Murder Hornet Eradication Pilot Program," which was signed into law by as part of the government's massive 2021 omnibus spending package. The program, introduced by the Secretary of the Interior, [Read More...]
Zebra mussel on the left and quagga mussel on the right.courtesy: Dana Point Fish Company by Karlee Deatherage We all have a lot on our minds these days, and the quality of our water might not be at the top of the list. But Lake Whatcom, the drinking [Read More...]
Squalicum Creek looking upstream from the pedestrian bridges just north of Sunset Pond Park. The stream is flowing from east to west.Photo: Courtesy of the city of Bellingham. by Giovanni Roverso Like their shoreline neighbors at the heart of the Salish Sea, Whatcom residents are fortunate to live [Read More...]
Two large mounds of dredged sediment have become the Cornwall Avenue Landfill’s most distinctive feature. Located on the northeastern shoreline of Bellingham Bay, the site is on track to become an expansive waterfront park. The Alger Learning Center and Independence High School is at the south end of Cornwall [Read More...]
by Stoney Bird Vote Yes on Proposition 2020-14 Ten years ago, Bellingham voters adopted our local Transportation Fund. The fund is responsible for providing us with many of the repaving projects that we’ve been seeing in the last 10 years and nearly all the nonmotorized projects. And it’s been supporting [Read More...]
by Stoney Bird Yikes! Thirty-six candidates for governor. Thirteen Democratic candidates for president. Eight candidates for Congress in the Second Congressional District. These numbers are welcome signs of political engagement. It’s too bad the electoral system that we have (the winner-take-all system, coupled in Washington with the top-two primary) can’t [Read More...]