Harriet Spanel has passed on / NorthwestCitizen, John Servais

 

Official state senate photo.

Wed, Feb 03, 2016, 4:49 pm  John Servais

Harriett Spanel died yesterday.  She was only 77 but had been dealing with some health issues the past few years.  She still had the energy and desire for politics.

The Bellingham Herald’s Dean Kahn is on the story and will not doubt expand what is so far posted.  Dean knew her and that is when he does best.  […]

Read John’s complete article on NorthwestCitizen here.

The Science Is Clear. Manure Contaminates Drinking Wells. / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

Nitrogen Dynamics
6 hrs  February 1, 2016  Wendy Harris

While the farmers continue to deny any responsibility for the dangerous nitrate contamination in county ground water and drinking wells, more studies continue to document the connection between manure management and ground water quality, explain how and why this occurs and offer solutions that could reduce the amount of nitrogen loading. Continue reading

Now posted: County Comprehensive Plan Comments sent to Council / Noisy Waters Northwest

comp plan council 2016 comments

Update, February 19, 2016:  In an effort to make information more easily accessible to the public, Whatcom County staff has been working on adjusting their method of posting  “2016 County Council Comp Plan and UGA Comments.”   The information below is in reference to the comments as they were posted on the county website from January 29, 2016 to February 18, 2016.  I am leaving this posted since the excerpts from the material of people who submitted comments may still be useful to people. And perhaps some record of how the comments were originally presented will be of some importance in the future.  I will do another post about the current way the comments are posted very soon.

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