Request your ballot for the Whatcom Conservation District Board of Supervisor Election / Noisy Waters Northwest

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Click the screen shot above to access the information and a button to request your ballot for the Whatcom Conservation District Board of Supervisor election

January 13, 2023 Dena Jensen

Request your ballot! The low-key Whatcom Conservation District Board of Supervisor election is always a big deal for the well-being of our community.

You can request a mail-in/drop-off ballot for the election to beat the February 7 deadline right now! A ballot must be requested in order to vote and you can either mail it in any time after you receive it, or drop it off on the 3/21/23 Election Day at the WCD office in Lynden. Here is a link to a page to access the “Request Ballot” button to submit your request and review detailed information about the election: https://www.whatcomcd.org/board-elections

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The iChange Justice weekly podcast! / Press Release, Restorative Community Coalition

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Click the image of the Restorative Community Coalition’s iChange Justice podcast Spotify page to access it on the Spotify website

December 10, 2021 Press Release, Restorative Community Coalition

For Immediate Release           PRESS RELEASE

BELLINGHAM, Dec 10, 2021 – The Restorative Community Coalition (RCC), www.therestorativecommunity.org, 360-354-3653

Just Announced:  The iChange Justice weekly podcast! 

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Minor Earthquake in Sudden Valley Is A Valuable Reminder / Whatcom Unified Emergency Management, Public Information Officer

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September 7, 2016   Whatcom Unified Emergency Management Public Information Officer

Last night, at approximately 11:50 PM a magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred near Lake Whatcom and the Sudden Valley area.  While there has been no reported damage from this earthquake, it serves as a good reminder to the community that Whatcom County is part of a seismically active area of the country. […]

Read the Public Information Officer’s full post on the Whatcom Unified Emergency Management’s website here.

Upcoming hearing in Bellingham on revised Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) permits on July 26th / Facebook Post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris

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Farmers speak up for dairies

2 hrs  July 15, 2016  Wendy Harris

In most industries, when you break the laws and violate regulations, you get fined, you can loose your license or even go to jail. Not so for local farmers who actually get rewarded when found to be out of compliance with public health and safety laws. Continue reading →

PDC Complaint Filed against Clear Ballot Choices (Pacific International Terminals LLC) / Noisy Waters Northwest

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pdc complaint cbcOctober 30, 2015  Dena Jensen

As if you didn’t know it in your heart of hearts! Here’s an inside look by way of this Public Disclosure Commission complaint at how things went down when and where we, the public, couldn’t see it, with the last minute emergence of the Clear Ballot Choices political action committee formed by Gateway Pacific coal terminal project co-owner (with Cloud Peak Energy) and SSA Marine subsidiary, Pacific International Terminals. Continue reading →