Cover Story
Community Donations Mean High Profit Margins for Thrift Giant by Ella Gage *Editor’s note: Savers Value Village did not respond to questions via a media inquiry email (they don’t have a corporate phone number, only for the individual stores). Bellingham’s … Continue reading
Cover Story
How Water Use Affects Nooksack Streamflows
by Eric Hirst Editor’s Note: a longer, more detailed version of this article is available at: https://whatcomwatch.org/wpww2/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Effects-of-Human-Water-Use-on-Nooksack-Streamflows.pdf Climate change is dramatically affecting seasonal flows of water throughout the Nooksack River watershed, with substantial declines in summer flows. These declines are … Continue reading
Beaks and Bills
Beaks and Bills by Joe Meche It took a bit of time and discussion for us to realize that travel to San Francisco to visit relatives during the holidays wasn’t such a good idea. Not only were we busy on … Continue reading
Watching Government
Action Taken at January 7, 2025 Meeting Shall the commission: 1. Authorize the executive director to sign a ,000 agreement with the Public Health Institute of Oakland, California, for an AmeriCorps Fellow? In 2021, port staff formed the Building and … Continue reading
Watching Government
Action Taken at January 13, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 1. Authorize the mayor to spend 0,000 to purchase property from Sanday LCC? (Discussed in Executive Session.) Motion carried 7-0 2. Authorize the mayor to spend 7,500 to purchase property … Continue reading
Watching Government
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at January 14, 2025 Meeting Shall the council: 1. Authorize the executive to sign a 5,022 contract (amendment #5) with Julota of Colorado Springs, Colorado, for data integration services? The original contract for ,350 … Continue reading
Climate
Articles You Might Have Missed
Climate Good News Around the world people are taking the initiative to mitigate climate change. Here are some good news briefs compiled by the Climate Issue group of the LWV of Bellingham/Whatcom. Giant Solar Installations Crop Up Around the Country … Continue reading
Community Service Spotlight
Lake Whatcom Center Supports Mental Health Recovery
Community Service Spotlight by Britta Johnson and Andrew Hovenden Across our nation, thousands of communities and millions of individuals are daily impacted by mental health and substance use disorder needs — needs that have significantly increased in complexity and demand … Continue reading
Conservation
Whatcom Land Trust’s New Executive Director, Rachel Vasak
by Claire Johnston Whatcom Land Trust (the Trust) has been preserving, protecting and restoring wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations for more than four decades. In January, the Trust welcomed a new … Continue reading
Salmon
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association: Restoration
We recently had 200,000 chum salmon eggs delivered to NSEA’s two-barrel remote site incubator (RSI) on Terrell Creek. The purpose of this RSI is to help re-establish a chum salmon run in Terrell Creek. Introducing the fish as eggs is … Continue reading
