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WEBThe offshore energy industry is targeting the Pacific Coast and the Salish Sea. September 9, 2024. Commentary: Washington and Oregon are aggressively working to industrialize the coastal Pacific ocean and Salish Sea with offshore wind, …
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WEBThe Salish Current is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, online local news organization serving Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties. Based in Bellingham, we serve 400,000 residents and tens of thousands of annual visitors to the three-county area. Our region is the ancestral home of Native treaty tribes including the Lummi, Nooksack, Samish, Sauk ...
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WEBNewsletter. Whatcom Falls 1999 disaster memorial story pole, Lummi House of Tears Carvers (Matt Benoit) Salish Current ‘s newsletter delivers: our newest stories from and about Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties, and. a curated list of links to news stories published by U.S. and Canadian local news media around the Salish Sea.
The vision of Mount Vernon’s Library Commons becomes reality
WEB7 hours ago · A ribbon cutting open to the public at the highly anticipated Mount Vernon Library Commons will be followed by guided tours this Saturday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m. The new Commons — the result of combined community dreams and ideas — is at 208 W. Kincaid Street, across from the courthouse. The Library Commons is …
Events - Salish Current
WEBMar 17, 2022 · Current Affairs 2024 Speaker Series. Truth, Trust and the News 2023: “Calling Bullshit “. Sponsored by Salish Current, Western Washington University’s Ralph Munro. Institute for Civic Education and Whatcom Community College, in partnership. with Village Books; April 13, 2023. Watch the video [talk begins at 25.30]. Read the book review.
Failing our students: The consequences of politicizing school …
WEB1 day ago · A politicized school board creates confusion, disruption and conflict in the communities it serves. As a result, parents can no longer focus on ensuring that their children have access to fully funded quality education. Standardized tests, for lack of a better alternative, are considered the most influential tools that policymakers, including ...
2021: A look back at some stories from the first full year of Salish ...
WEBDec 31, 2021 · 2021 was a year like no other, with themes such as public health vis-à-vis COVID-19 and opioid addiction; social justice in the courts, the arts, housing and policing; and climate change and natural resources including water rights management. Salish Current offers a look back via articles published during the …
Old is new again with early music festival - Salish Current
WEBMay 13, 2022 · To the unfamiliar, the Salish Sea Early Music Festival might feel fixated in the past. But for flutist and artistic director Cohan, drawing from history allows for both musicians and audiences to engage with old music in a completely new way. “We do a lot of things that you will not hear elsewhere, like the Quantz concerto,” Cohan said.
Signs of a hidden threat: preparing for the really big one
WEBSep 6, 2023 · The signs and attention are meant to prepare people, especially visitors, for the certainty of a tsunami, if not the precise timing and magnitude of it. But at times, fatalism settles in. Rusk said, “If the tsunami comes, then maybe it was sort of meant to be.”. Still, making a plan is smart. Ray has an informal one.
Settlement agreement reached on lawsuit - Salish Current
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Charter review commissioners alleged San Juan County violated Open Public Meetings Act. A settlement agreement was reached on May 20, almost two years after Island County Superior Court ruled in an expedited hearing that the San Juan County Council did not have the authority to reject any proposed amendments to the …