February-2021
Action Taken at December 7, 2020 Meeting Shall the council: 223. Authorize the mayor to sign a $75,000 settlement agreement with Moriah Ginn? When the body of Bradley Ginn, Sr. was waiting at a fire station to be transported to a funeral home, 11 Bellingham Fire Department employees admitted to [Read More...]
Compiled by Bill McCallum Action Taken at December 8, 2020 Meeting Shall the commission: 114. Reaffirm Chmelik, Sitkin, & Davis as the port’s legal counsel for 2020? The firm’s hourly rate will remain $275.00 for principals, and actual billing rates for associates and paralegals. (9847/Consent Agenda B) Approved 3-0 115. [Read More...]
compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at December 8, 2020 Meeting Shall the council: 249. Authorize the executive to sign a $50,668 contract (amendment #7) with Action Cleaning Services of Bremerton for custodial services? At the 3/22/2016 meeting, vote #50, council voted to provide custodial services for seven satellite buildings: [Read More...]
courtesy: Jennifer Karchmer Recently, a staff person added Steve Bunin to the Whatcom Watch mailing list. Mr. Bunin usually anchors the noon news on Channel 5 in Seattle. A segment of the news show he anchors is called “Above the Fold,” which highlights three local publications in northwest [Read More...]
View from Oyster Dome June 2019.The most recent Trust Land Transfer program projects included Blanchard Mountain in 2018, when the Legislature appropriated the final S10 million to protect this beloved area.Photo: Chase Gunnell by Conservation Northwest Staff Wild Northwest Action Alert #312: Ask your legislators to continue to [Read More...]
Lorraine Loomis USEPA Photo by Eric Vance. Public domain image by Lorraine Loomis Habitat loss and damage is the driving factor for the decline of salmon in our region. It doesn’t discriminate and never stops. Every hour of every day it kills salmon, including salmon listed under the [Read More...]
Snowy egret (smaller) and great egretphoto: Joe Meche by Joe Meche After a proper period of quarantine on both sides, Cindy and I headed south the day after Christmas for a New Year’s visit with my sister and nephew. We planned to settle in to our headquarters for [Read More...]
artist: Hilary Cole Editor’s Note: There are over 100 organizations in Whatcom County working to provide supportive services to those experiencing chronic poverty and its associated effects: addiction, homelessness, incarceration, mental illness, and unemployment. Whatcom Watch believes these organizations often labor unnoticed by citizens — this column is [Read More...]
An election for one seat on the Whatcom Conservation District board will be held on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Registered voters who have participated in previous Whatcom Conservation District elections do not automatically receive a ballot. Ballots must be requested for the March 23 election and are available to all [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...]