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Previous Issues
Cover Story
February 2019
Samish Way Urban Village Progresses
by Giovanni Roverso The Samish Way urban village redevelopment project at the site of the former Aloha Motel, condemned in September 2015, will likely not be breaking ground until late spring or early summer in 2019, according to the Bellingham … Continue reading
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February 2019
County Council Moves to Protect Cherry Point
by Eddy Ury Over the last decade, communities across the Pacific Northwest have risen up against a series of giant proposals to expand fossil fuel ports, shipments and pipelines, stopping them time and again. Now unable to build new terminals, … Continue reading
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February 2019
Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve
The Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve is a unique aquatic ecosystem located in the Strait of Georgia on the western shore of Whatcom County, The offshore waters from Birch Bay State Park on the north to Slater Road on the south, … Continue reading
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January 2019
Plastic Pollution: Cleanup and Prevention
by Ron Kleinknecht Part 2 As I wrote in Part 1 of this series on plastic in our environment, our oceans are awash with all kinds of plastics to the tune of over 5 trillion pieces. (1) These items are … Continue reading
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January 2019
Standing as an Orca in Boulevard Park
by Rob Lewis It is roughly three-and-a-half months since Tahlequah carried her unnamed calf (who died 30 minutes after birth) through the Salish Sea in a near mythic, 17-day vigil of grief. Soon after, Scarlet, a young female crucial to … Continue reading
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December 2018
Feeding One-Fifth of Ferndale
by Nichole Schmitt “Just inches away from homelessness and hunger.” Anyone in our community could end up here according to Sandy (not her actual name). I met Sandy in the line outside the Ferndale Food Bank. A dozen of us … Continue reading
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December 2018
Plastic Pollution Comes Home to Our Beaches
by Ron Kleinknecht Part 1 On a gray September morning, about 50 Bellinghamsters from infants to octogenarians trudged along Locust Beach under leaky skies carrying buckets, reusable plastic bags, grabbers and recording charts. All nonnatural items were picked up and … Continue reading
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October-November 2018
Ranked Choice Voting: A Better Way to Conduct Elections
by Stoney Bird and Alan McConchie Americans across the political spectrum are increasingly dissatisfied with their elected officials. Voter turnout is dismally low. Many citizens feel that their votes don’t count. Despite having it drummed into us that we are … Continue reading
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October-November 2018
Building Trust Between Journalists and the Public
by Jennifer Karchmer Steps reporters can take to build trust with the public: Be transparent — peel back the layers of reporting. Show readers where you found your information. Be clear where and how your interviews take place: in person, … Continue reading
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October-November 2018
Defending Freedom of the Press
by Jennifer Karchmer “We’re in the truth business, and the knowledge business, not the entertainment business.” — Pete Hamill, longtime journalist and author of “News Is a Verb: Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century.” With election season nearing, … Continue reading
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