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Previous Issues
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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May 2024
The Day Bellingham ‘Lost Its Innocence’
by Meghan Fenwick Longtime Bellingham residents remember it well: At 5:02 p.m. on June 10, 1999, the summer evening sky darkened. Across the city, residents stepped outside to witness the 30,000-foot-tall wall of smoke erupting from Whatcom Falls Park. On … Continue reading
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April 2024
The Boldt Decision 50 Years On
by Dan Raas Editor’s Note: Whatcom Watch has entered a cooperative agreement with Salish Current. When possible, we will share each other’s content. Salish Current, an online-only news organization, covers the North Sound area. The 50th anniversary of the landmark … Continue reading
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April 2024
“Boldt at 50” – Event Talking Points
by Jeff Riedinger Editor’s Note: An acquaintance of mine, Jeff Riedinger, told me when we were kids his grandfather was Judge George Boldt, an esteemed judge in the Tacoma area. When the Boldt Decision occurred in 1974, I remembered my … Continue reading
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September 2023
We’ll Miss Terry Weschler
We were sad to discover Terry Weschler passed away on July 6, 2023. We at Whatcom Watch would like to express our appreciation for the work and assistance Terry Wechsler provided. She wrote 18 articles for Whatcom Watch during the … Continue reading
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May 2017
Celebrating Twenty-five Years
With the April 2017 issue of Whatcom Watch the paper completed twenty-five years of publishing. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our long-time subscribers and advertisers. The below dates are the years our current contributors started subscribing … Continue reading
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