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  February 2025

Expanding Shelters in Whatcom County

by Meghan Fenwick In a Whatcom County Council meeting on September 24, Human Services Manager Ann Beck updated the council on their progress in establishing a severe weather shelter between November 2024 and February 2025. Below freezing temperatures can pose … Continue reading

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  December 2024

Filling the Gaps With Tiny Homes

by Meghan Fenwick Whatcom County Health and Community Services’ 2024 Annual Update on Homelessness (1) showed a stabilizing number of homelessness compared to 2023. These statistics do not tell the whole story, said Teri Bryant, director of the Whatcom Homeless … Continue reading

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  October-November 2024

Reducing and Reusing as Bellingham Recycling Shifts

by Meghan Fenwick After years of discussion and study, Sanitary Service Company (SSC) will be transitioning from three-bin collection to single-stream recycling in all single-family homes in Bellingham by the end of this year. Through the new system, residents will … Continue reading

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  August 2024

Re-imagining San Juan Streams

by Meghan Fenwick From the iconic view near JB Farm on Orcas Island, tourists can catch a glimpse of grazing cattle and forests, framed by the peaks of Turtleback Mountain on the horizon. One piece of the scenery puzzle may … Continue reading

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  July 2024

Bellingham’s Tree Plan Has Growing Pains

by Meghan Fenwick Colin Beazley, president of the York Neighborhood Association (YNA) (1), moved to Bellingham in 2021. While remodeling his home on Humboldt Street, contractors stripped walls to reveal a piece of Bellingham’s history: a solid wood foundation, likely … Continue reading

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