Welcome to Noisy Waters Northwest! Many facts, figures, stories, and perspectives are, sadly, often unheralded in our local media in Whatcom County, Washington. Click on the title of items on our picturesque story board for a refreshing splash of information that won’t be held back. There is a search page to search all information on this blog site. All posts note their categories of commentary or news related content. Continue reading
First tiny home permit approved for Safe Haven in Bellingham / Noisy Waters Northwest
April 19, 2019 Dena Jensen
At the April 8, 2019 Bellingham City Council meeting Jim Peterson, President of HomesNOW!, gave a public comment letting the Council know, among other things, that HomesNOW would not be doing any more tent encampments, but would be focusing on tiny homes. Jim explains why in his comment included in this post.
Bellingham City Council Members express resistance to establishing workgroup to specifically address immigration issues / Noisy Waters Northwest
April 18, 2019 Dena Jensen
On some occasions when attending Dignity Vigils at Bellingham City Hall, some of us who attend them gain some hints into the current positions of City of Bellingham elected officials regarding their position on addressing the injustices immigrants are facing in our community.
Continue readingBellingham Heron Colony Threatened by Development – Again / Northwest Citizen, Jamie K. Donaldson
April 4, 2019 Northwest Citizen Jamie K. Donaldson
There will be a Public Hearing—at the request of heron advocates— on a subdivision application of the last undeveloped plat in Shorewood in Edgemoor, adjacent to the heronry at Post Point in Fairhaven.
Continue readingContact House Appropriations Committee to support SB 5438 protections for farm workers / Noisy Waters Northwest
April 3, 2019 ACTION Dena Jensen
Yesterday Senate Bill 5438 was successfully moved out of the WA state legislature’s Labor & Workplace Standards committee with a do-pass recommendation! SB 5438 would provide measures to offer more adequate protections for the rising number of H-2A farm workers being recruited by Washington state farms.
Continue reading2019 Farmworker Tribunal and Latino Legislative Day on Community Voz / Noisy Waters Northwest
March 30, 2019 Dena Jensen
For those who didn’t catch it on air, the March 20, 2019 Community Voz radio show on KMRE centered on the trip that members of the Bellingham women-led , grassroots organization, Community to Community Development (C2C), made to Olympia on March 18, 2019 for the 6th Annual Farmworker Tribunal and Latino Legislative Day.
Continue readingCivil Rights Lawsuit Against Bellingham Food Establishment / Press Release, Junga Subedar, Attorney and Media Contact
March 25, 2019 Junga Subedar
Noisy Waters Northwest has received a press release from Junga Subedar, Attorney and Media Contact. According to the press release a complaint filed on March 24, 2019 alleges the following:
Continue reading‘26,000 bucks a door is just a hard pill to swallow’: delinquent renovations of the Whatcom County Jail / Noisy Waters Northwest
March 20, 2019 Dena Jensen
County Council Member Rud Browne expressed the sentiment twice at the Whatcom County Council March 12, 2019 regular meeting during the Council committee reports segment near the end of the meeting. One exact quote was: “Yeah, so anyway, anyway, so, I just, 26,000 bucks a door is just a hard pill to swallow.”
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