Looking Back

  August 2024

Newspaper Junkie Update on Local Publications

Twenty Years Ago Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been reprinting article from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the August 2004 issue of Whatcom Watch. by Alan Rhodes Last month I ran an article here … Continue reading

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  August 2024

Railroads: the Missing Link

Twenty Years Ago Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been reprinting article from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the August 2004 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: This is an abbreviated version of the article. … Continue reading

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  July 2024

Local News Junkie Reviews Publications

Twenty Years Ago Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been reprinting articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the July 2004 issue of Whatcom Watch. by Alan Rhodes Editor’s Note: Alan Rhodes updated this article … Continue reading

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  February 2024

The Policy Piece

Editor’s Note: This is the eighth in a multipart series on the health of northern Puget Sound and Georgia Strait. It was first published in October 2002 by RE Sources and the North Sound Baykeeper under the title, “State of … Continue reading

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  August 2023

Cooperative Action Dashed by Competitive Politics

Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been reprinting articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article is from the January 2000 issue, more than 20 years ago. We are reprinting two articles because the managing editor and staff … Continue reading

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  August 2023

How the City of Bellingham Abused Its Citizens and the Initiative Process

Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been reprinting articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article is from the January 2000 issue, more than 20 years ago. We are reprinting two articles because the managing editor and staff … Continue reading

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  March 2023

What Lies Beneath Whatcom County Attracts Attention of Federal Government

Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been reprinting articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the March 2003 issue of Whatcom Watch. by Alison Bickerstaff On the sunny afternoon of Feb. 5, 2003, Environmental Protection … Continue reading

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  March 2023

A Former Coal Miner Looks Back

by Alison Bickerstaff Since January 2014, Whatcom Watch has been reprinting articles from issues printed 20 years ago. The below article appeared in the March 2003 issue of Whatcom Watch. Not many people can say they live this close to … Continue reading

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  February 2023

Interview With Artist and Conservationist Robert Bateman

Editor’s Note: Robert Bateman is currently 92 and lives in Toronto, Canada. Wikipedia lists 16 books by him or about him, from “The Art of Robert Bateman” in 1981 to “Robert Bateman’s Canada”  in 2017.  by Joe Meche Birds by … Continue reading

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  April 2022

Disposal Options for Tainted Bellingham Bay Silt

by Robyn du Prè The Bellingham Bay Demonstration Pilot Work Group has recently released a supplemental environmental impact statement and feasibility study for the Whatcom Waterway that poses an interesting option for the disposal of contaminated sediments from Bellingham Bay. … Continue reading

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