February-2018
Compiled by Boris Schleinkofer Action Taken at December 11, 2017 Meeting Shall the council: 212. Authorize the mayor to sign an agreement for Advanced Life Support Services with Whatcom County? Upon the passing of a countywide Emergency Medical Services levy in November 2016, staff from the city and county have [Read More...]
Action Taken at November 21, 2017 Meeting Shall the commission 145. Approve a lease with Lummi Fisheries Supply for approximately 104,000 square feet of warehouse premises at 1000 F Street? Lummi Fisheries currently leases approximately 77,000 square feet of warehouse space in three buldings at the Fairhaven Marine Industrial Park [Read More...]
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at December 5, 2017 Meeting Shall the council 236. Approve a substitute amendment with the Cascadia Law Group of Seattle to provide legal consultation and representation for the county? The original contract for $40,000 was authorized at the 8/8/2017 meeting, vote #153 and a [Read More...]
The deadline for requesting a ballot is Wednesday, February 7, 2018, no later than 4 p.m. Registered voters that have participated in previous Whatcom Conservation District elections do not automatically receive a ballot. Mail-in ballots can be obtained on-line (http://www.whatcomcd.org/board-elections), by phone (360-526-2381, ext. 101) or at the district office. [Read More...]
by Robert A. Duke Getting the healthcare you want can be as simple as asking your doctor what’s available. As to prescription (Rx) medications, patients most often search for lower cost options. That sounds simple enough, but it can be difficult to know what the questions are. Artwork by [Read More...]
The Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival offers the Bellingham community an annual 10-day film festival of powerful, thought-provoking films on the rights of people and Earth. The Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival is composed of volunteers whose primary goal is to present the community with free films that will raise [Read More...]
This article originally appeared on the Sightline Institute website sightline.org and is reprinted with permission. by Eric de Place and Britany Kee’ ya aa What a Refinery Expansion in Whatcom County Means for Views in Cascadia Cascadia’s biggest oil refinery is angling to get even bigger. Yet BP’s proposed expansion at [Read More...]
by Kate N. Nichols Cohousing is a unique way of bringing people together who want to live in a community designed to meet their needs. Bellingham Cohousing Group is one of about 200 groups in the United States that are in the process of developing a neighborhood. Bellingham Cohousing Group [Read More...]
Great Gray Owl photo: Joe Meche by Joe Meche Whenever I think of birds and [Read More...]
Lorraine Loomis by Lorraine Loomis All natural resources are connected and we are all connected to them, but most of those resources are not being managed as part of a larger whole, and that can lead to huge imbalances in this ecosystem we call home. Nowhere is that [Read More...]