Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Dan McShane
I previously posted about the obscure Charter Commission (charter-review-whatcomcentric). This post is a modified version updating where things are at. Continue reading
Daily Archives: August 18, 2015
Are Trail Users Conservation Minded? / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
11 mins August 18, 2015 Wendy Harris
Are Trail Users Conservation Minded?
If they are it does not show. Here is the annual agenda for the Washington State Trails Coalition meeting in Lacey later this year. Continue reading
Ballew to Daines: ‘That day is no more’ / Coal Stop, Sandy Robson
Coal train near Coal Strip power plants in Colstrip, Montana. Photo by Nick Mullins, summer 2015
August 15, 2015 Sandy Robson
United States Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) is on a mission. His mission is to do whatever it takes to get the Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT), a 48 million metric-ton-per-year coal export terminal, permitted and built. The GPT project is proposed in Whatcom County, Washington, and would be sited at Xwe’chi’eXen (Cherry Point), along the shoreline, which is part of the Lummi Nation’s traditional fishing area. The company proposing GPT is Pacific International Terminals (PIT), a subsidiary created for the project by SSA Marine. Continue reading
Local retired librarian injured by police / NorthwestCitizen, Ellen Murphey
Aug 18, 2015 Ellen Murphy ACTION
Bruce Radtke, a retired Bellingham librarian, suffered injuries on Wednesday, August 12 during a violent takedown and arrest by an Olympic National Park ranger, who was assisted by two plainclothesmen, one of whom identified himself as a police officer. Continue reading
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