Plans for the new Alderwood Elementary School, the need for a county-owned gun range and recognizing a Sikh awareness month were the main points of interest at the Whatcom County Council meeting on Mar. 26, 2019.
Citizen Journalism: Whatcom County Council Meeting Report for Mar. 12, 2019
Mar. 12, 2019 evening Council Meeting covering: prosecution reform, comprehensive plan amendments, Whatcom County Jail repairs, and the Alaskan Marine Highway.
Whatcom County’s Severe Weather Spurs Council to Open Public Building As Men’s Shelter
Whatcom County will continue to operate its severe winter weather emergency shelter at the Civic Center Building in downtown Bellingham until the morning of March 1, 2019.
Water Rights Access Under Continued Threat; Jobs, too!
If you were unable to attend the dozens of obscure public (and not-so-public) local water-policy meetings that have taken place over the past year, you are sure to find Mr. Eskridge’s commentary highly informative.
The Hirst Fix “Fixed” to Fail Due to WC Council Failed Leadership to the Process
When is a fix not a fix? When the process to come to a consensus has been set up for failure because everyone was not at the same table ‘and’ that appears to have been the plan all along.
Whatcom County Executive Weighs in on Council’s Bait & Switch
Last week the Whatcom County Council voted to move forward with a proposal for review by the Whatcom County Planning Commission which would dramatically change the operations and safety of Cherry Point Industries.