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Weekly newsletter archive

Aug14-2026 The Weekly Wrap-up: Little Mountain logging. Padilla Bay pelicans. PNW jazz.

Aug7-2026 The Weekly Wrap-up: Intertribal Canoe Journey, salmon sharks, Skagit strike

July31-2026 The Weekly Wrap-up: Skagit seniors, Nooksack salmon, gray whales.

July24-2026 The Weekly Wrap-up: Secret Harbor lawsuits, fire danger, Allegiant Airlines

July17-2026 The Weekly Wrap-up: Pride, Bellingham Herald contract, water conservation

July10-2026 The Weekly Wrap-up: Oil pipeline in B.C., incinerators in Bellingham

July2-2026 The Weekly Wrap-up: United States 250 in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan

June25-2026 The Weekly Wrap-up: World Cup traffic and success along the Skagit River

June12-2026 San Juan budget. Cascadia Daily News. FEMA recovery. Heart of Play.

June5-2026 Malls. A student protest. Dirty Dan Harris. Thoughts on Mars. New Amtrak fleet.

May29-2026 Mountain goats. Cruise fuel. Herald on strike. Wildlife ordinances.

May22-2026 Hate crimes. Eelgrass mural. Pipeline safety. Bard on the Beach. First Salmon Ceremony.

May15-2026 Drought. Grocery prices. Whatcom Jail. Sci-Fi novel. Growing Good.

May08-2026 Conserving farmland. First salmon. Procession of the Species. Shoreline restoration. Lake Day.

May01-2026 GiveBIG. Post Point. ICE activity. AltaGas. Artemis II. OPALCO.

Apr24-2026 GiveBIG. Justice Project. Chris Morgan. Earth Day. Whatcom photography. Lopez Island politics.

Apr17-2026 Kidney health. Mountain goats. Tidal power. Anacortes city council. Portraits in Sawdust.

Apr10-2026 Local News Day. Knitting. San Juan excursions. Climate Stewards. Gray whales. Terry Tempest Williams.

Apr03-2026 Skagit art. Scholars Symposium. Caseload standards. Federal cuts. Ferry contract.

Mar27-2026 Skateboard art. Justice Project. Ship exhaust. Bus fares. Burrard Inlet.

Mar20-2026 Good Time Girls. International Students. Sunshine week. Cross-border ferry. Little Squalicum Estuary. VSED.

Mar13-2026 SEPA appeal. Lincoln Theatre. Is this recyclable? FERC licensing. Signs of Solidarity.

Mar06-2026 Watershed report. OPALCO. Aboriginal rights. Equality Colony. Intalco smelter. Gaza student.

Feb27-2026 The Gaze. Wildlife passage. Flooding causes. Protest music. Black History Month.

Feb20-2026 Urban growth. Whatcom jail. Clam research. Hip-hop resurgence.

Feb13-2026 Whatcom County’s jail and behavioral health. Lopez moths. IOSA’s 40th. Taking action.

Feb06-2026 Flood: Response, Undocumented Residents, Fish Habitat. Marine Life Center. At the Legislature.

Jan30-2026 Island renewables. Beaverton Marsh. Search and Rescue. School funding. AltaGas.

Jan23-2026 Jobs of the elected. Children’s Health Fund. Samish Tribe on Treaty Day. MLK Day. AltaGas permits.

Jan16-2026 MLK Day. ICE protest. Local farm challenges. Cherry Point gas. Nooksack water rights.

Jan09-2026 Whatcom READS. Growlers. Beautiful storefronts. AI use questioned. Lopez Rec.

Dec31-2025 Year-end review: Environment. Social justice. Culture.

Dec26-2025 Seasonal celebrations. ‘Metallica Bridge.’ Big money for preschools.

Dec19-2025 Why does it flood? Mount Baker power. Port contracts. Ship exhaust. Burning sludge.

Dec12-2025 Shearwaters. Port redistricting. ‘Bible Belt’ changes. Poetry and science. Vamos!

Dec05-2025 Climate twist. Inside port business. Revitalizing Point Roberts. ESA successes?

Dec01-2025 Kari Mar. Anacortes American building. Muni budgets. Critical areas. Gray market drugs. Whatcom vote.

Nov21-2025 Skagit agritourism. Basking sharks. Food banks. AI in school. Whatcom chinook.

Nov14-2025 Lest we forget. Eric Trent. Icelandic Point Roberts. Border pollution. Farm Commons

Nov07-2025 Poetry festival. Fire risks. Ratfish! Autism truth. Farmer health.

Oct31-2025 Cats outdoors. Hispanic pride. WWU budget ills. Indigenous language. Shark age.

Oct24-2025 Skagit seniors. No Kings! War for the Woods. Forests for the future. Broadband’s last mile. Trumpeter swans. Healing and reconciliation.

Oct17-2025 Community Land Trusts. Election issues. Night at the opera. Digital museums. Spill response.

Oct10-2025 Food bank funding. ‘Essential’ public facilities. Bird flu spread. Comp plan involvement. West Bank ‘sumud.’

Oct03-2025 Artists Studio Tour. KVOS. Children’s Art Festival. Lopez Rec response. Doctober. ‘Subdued Saunter.’ Samish Crest.

Sep26-2025 Chenoa Egawa. Island economy. Baby orcas. Canoe journey. Mount Baker watch. Respite care.

Sep19-2025 Maru Mora Villalpando. Violent times. Ferry fares. Skagit farming. Ghost pipes. Providing comfort.

Sep12-2025 What’s the craic? Roadless Rule. Sea serpents. BHAM. Contra dance. Voices.

Sep05-2025 Mountain lion. North Sound Voices. Public defenders. Housing the unhoused. First Amendment auditors.

Aug29-2025 NW ‘Voices’ speakers. Bellingham water. Who is Eduardo Fausti? Peace Corps veterans. Celebrating fairies.

Aug22-2025 Jellyfish invasion. Decatur solar. Way Station respite. Saving sea stars. Affordable housing.

Aug15-2025 Research for no pay. Oil spill prevention. Testing lake water. Alluvial Farms. Eagles and otters.

Aug08-2025 Does LEAD work? Who is Scot Ranney? Why eelgrass? Canoe Journey. Clips and Calendars.

Aug01-2025 Pickford on Grand. Saving sea stars. Screen time for green time. Unionizing update. Squalicum Pier walk.

Jul25-2025 Knowledge Festival. Why vote. Remember Watergate? Drought water. Library lid lift. Stewart Mountain trail. Island bluebirds.

Jul18-2025 Island passenger ferry. Dogs and yoga. Hempcrete. Salish Sea sharks. Adaptive sports and rec. Addressing disabilities.

Jul11-2025 SeaDoc at 25. Children of the Setting Sun. Rosario ancestral lands. Campus shooting healing. Haida Point. Good medicine.

Jul03-2025 Truth-tellers. Family reunited. Build ’em in Florida. Queer history. Drought!

Jun27-2025 No nukes Skagit. The (honey)bee beat. After Boxx Berry Farm. Valuing school counselors. Hospice today.

Jun20-2025 “No Kings!” Fentanyl deaths. Stormwater pollution. Using ‘waste’ energy. AI policy.

Jun13-2025 Russia-US Indigenous rights. Saving bees. Pipeline safety. Health worker negotiations. Bellingham drag. Sanctuary city.

Jun06-2025 Indian grocers. AmeriCorps cuts. An AmeriCorps tale. Bellingham Rock. Empty Bowl Press. Jansen Art Center.

May30-2025 Miyawaki Forest. Whatcom Jail. ABC Recycling. Knowledge Festival. Community Transitions. Pickford on Grand.

May23-2025 Palestinian aid. Logging landslide. Skagit tidegate. Mayoral candidates. Kidney donation. Island ferry terminals.

May16-2025 Anti-nukes. Nooksack Chinook. Commitment to Constitution. Tribal authority. Ferry bids. Volunteer.

May09-2025 Food bank woes. Lynda Mapes. Michelle Nolan. Hospital strike. Fighting wildfires. Protecting critical areas.

May02-2025 Conserving carbon. Vaisakhi Day. Harbor porpoise. Hunger vs. hunger. Library strategies. Back to Earth. GiveBIG.

Apr25-2025 Jennifer Hahn. Island passenger ferry. April Brews Day. Women’s Film Festival. Earth Day 2025. ‘Field hospital’ metaphor. Nooksack questions.

Apr18-2025 Island moth. Fed health cuts. Hiring more cops. Children’s Fund delays. Tidal power progress.

Apr11-2025 The border. Chautauqua! Samish Crest. Quiet zones. Elon and Tesla bromance. Saving culture. Which side are you on?

Apr04-2025 ‘Hands Off’ action. Trans rights. La Conner paper. Whale Museum director. Women’s shelter. Forest management. Toxic plastic. Ralph Munro.

Mar28-2025 Amtrak woes. Support for ‘Lelo.’ School board battle. Down-ballot voting. Island quake prep. Trump’s transgressions.

Mar21-2025 Climate plans. Samish Crest Trail. Black artists. Hidden treasure. Indigenous leaders. Plastic.

Mar14-2025 Lynden jiu-jitsu. MAC ‘fired.’ What’s a port for? Seeing disability. Third place coffee.

Mar07-2025 Billy Frank Jr., WSF routes, Fresh Bucks farmers market, B’ham cabaret, school pushback, Nooksack postal service, rule of law.

Feb28-2025 Racial Equity Commission. Roberta Flack. Crushed glass. Invictus Games. Avian flu. Darkness antidote. Media watch.

Feb21-2025 Mosquito Fleet. Afghani refugees. Bilingual justice. Unity in these times. Island small farms.

Feb14-2025 Sue C. Boynton poetry. Responding to ICE. Missing and murdered. Trans sport decree. Rethinking the border.

Feb07-2025 Lynden Press. Third places. La Conner news. Lopez pool. ‘Shock and Awe.’ Tribal films.

Jan31-2025 Sam Fletcher. Deporting immigrants. Whatcom READS. Fire&Story. Lodging tax. Storming the Sound. Eric Scigliano.

Jan23-2025 Avian flu. Friday Harbor vigil. Mark Hunter jazz. Climate resilience. 100 Days.

Jan17-2025 Teen anxiety. Nooksack water adjudication. News and weather.

Jan10-2025 Local lawyers. Undocumented immigrants. AI in academia. Why count birds? Soupfin shark.

Jan03-2025 More oil on our waters. MLK Jr. celebrations.

Dec30-2024 Social justice around the Salish Sea: 2024 retrospective.

Dec27-2024 The culture of where we live: 2024 retrospective.

Dec23-2024 Our environment: 2024 retrospective.

Dec20-2024 Padden Creek. Local poverty. La Conner newspaper. Hidden Anacortes. Allied Arts. Legacy forests. Hornets. Holiday waste.

Dec13-2024 Affordable housing. Electric rates inequality. Private I-5. Library Commons. Rural health needs.

Dec06-2024 Work week. Clyde Ford. Meat. Next economy. Social media clash. I-2066. Cascadian poetry.

Nov27-2024 Indigenous fashion. Fraser Valley flooding. Gen Z voting. Post-election local news. Democracy in action.

Nov22-2024 Food bank needs. Totem poles. SRKW in Penn Cove. Enviro crime. Skagit taxes. Upcycling. Working together.

Nov15-2024 Tilth at 50. Tidal power. Sharks! Environmental action.

Nov08-2024 San Juan permits. Native people and salmon. Student cell phones. Film is Truth. Elections.

Nov01-2024 FIFA 2026. Sumas. Sharks. Campaigns and elections. Climate vote. Charter review. Mateo Meadows. Wild Rainiers.

Oct25-2024 La Conner Weekly. Indigenous truth and justice. Salmon prices. Voter stories. Immigration politics. FIFA’s coming.

Oct18-2024 Real Change. Foreign policy. Ranked choice voting. Border floods. Indigenous candidates. “Fish War.” Skagit tide gates.

Oct11-2024 Autumn play. VP debate. Skagit races. Artist Tour 2. Initiatives fined. Island resilience. Maternal health.

Oct04-2024 Recycling plastic. Artist Studio Tour. Little Lilly forest. Bellingham Exit 2024. Polling. WA water law.

Sep27-2024 Port contract. Listening cafe. Mount Vernon Library. Farm to School. Harvest time. Z. Martin Brown. White Rock pier. Teaching kids.

Sep20-2024 AI and You. Orange shirt. Lighthouse Mission. Dementia care. Food resiliency. Interisland ferry. Real estate rules. Campaign media. Shooting owls.

Sep13-2024 Heartbeats. Micro-hydro. Fish Fry. Sumas. Monument. Water Week. WSF. Power. AI & You.

Sep06-2024 Logging landslide risk. Big battery-storage farms. Moving sculptures. Green crab invasion.

Aug30-2024 Climate Commitment. Quilts and fabrics. Tiny home merger. Wildfire prevention. Two conventions.

Aug23-2024 Lynden. Chicago. Skagit dams. NW Fair. Sandwiches. Ptarmigan Ridge.

Aug16-2024 Respect. Youth canoe journey. Spotted owl. Hydrogen hub. Open Public Meetings.

Aug09-2024 Break the Game. Canyon Lake. South Fork Valley. Lopez Uncovered. Lake Whatcom.

Aug02-2024 Pig War. Northern State Hospital. Plastics. Disability Pride. Lopez Uncovered. Courage. EVs.

Jul26-2024 Women combat sports. Urban tree canopy. Homeless in love. Industrial lands. Waldron School.

Jul19-2024 American tradition. Time of unrest. Healthy Children’s Fund. Candidates and positions.

Jul12-2024 Pride. Milfoil. Comp Plan. Taco Lobo. Land Bank. Children’s Health. Mariners

Jul03-2024 Salish camas. Lynden fluoride veto. Racial Unity Now. San Juans Food Hub. Presidential debate.

Jun28-2024 New managing editor. Ocean acid. Student protest. Diversion. Shaw Island property.

Jun21-2024 Team JD R2AK. Samish Nation’s future. Karl Freske. Butterflies. Boards of Health.

Jun14-2024 Port modernization bonds. R2AK. Whatcom Creek disaster. Sumas Valley vs Sumas Lake.

Jun07-2024 Whatcom Creek voices. Farmers markets. Growler noise. Fixing ferries. Queer Collective. Dogwhistles.

May31-2024 New ferries. Land acknowledgment. Lopez affordable housing. Local flowers. Deer danger.

May24-2024 Whale extinction. Point Roberts. More housing. Taft visit. Saving whales.

May17-2024 Whatcom sheriff. Tidal energy. ‘Forever chemicals.’ Shakespeare. Shari Lane. Campus protests.

May10-2024 Candidates. TMX. Whatcom Creek. San Juan Land Bank. Mariners. Whales Watch. Young Voters.

May03-2024 GiveBIG. Oil tankers. Flynn in Bow. Adjudication. Lopez sea rise. Farmworker housing.

Apr26-2024 Volunteer for hope. Skagit streams. TR’s visit. Marine mammals saved. Fire levy OK’d.

Apr19-2024 Nooksack schools. Sacred Earth Day. Skagit wheat. Ferry politics. Adjudication and climate.

Apr12-2024 Rosario sale. Mexico eclipse. Island solar. Affordable housing. Bay pier. Kids play.

Apr05-2024 Downtown B’ham. Orcas land. Disabilities. Boat dreams. B’ball. Spring!

Mar29-2024 Edie Norton. Agritourism. Island tourism. Children of the Setting Sun. Gun laws.

Mar22-2024 Lynden fluoride. B’ham restaurants. Lege wrap up. Governing Friday Harbor. Oly oysters.

Mar15-2024 Tidegates. Orcas fire chief. LGBTQ+. Granges.

Mar08-2024 Hunting death details. ‘Red Paint.’ Ferries funding. Merlin. Sikhs.

Mar01-2024 Shaw Island. Tyler Schroeder. City parking. Modern libraries. Spongy moths.

Feb23-2024 U and As. Fire levy. Passenger ferry. Skagit nursery. Green Amendment. Mega-port.

Feb16-2024 Nooksack flood. Boldt 50. Adjudication. Rosario. Seed to Sandwich.

Feb09-2024 Black history. Observer Corps. Island planning. Passenger ferry. Fish story. Tribes 101.

Feb02-2024 Boldt50. Orcas Fire and Rescue. Food security. Nooksack water. Hope.

Jan26-2024 Hydrogen. Hot pursuit. Storming the Sound. Clam garden. Housing. Who plans? Public defenders.

Jan19-2024 Orca! STS. Gas spill. Swim pool. Feeding clients. Winner!

Jan12-2024 Rising seas. Freezing weather. ’36 Olympics. Island issues. Contest winner!

Jan05-2024 Lege priorities. Initiatives. Local issues. Stewardship.

Dec29-2023 2023’s successes, 2024’s promise. Thank you!

Dec22-2023 Season’s cheer. Reunion. Healthy Children. Organic labels. Sumas Lake.

Dec 15-2023 Racial equity. Monument advice. Wildfire fighting. Pipeline spill. CAST.

Dec08-2023 Legislative ‘Privilege.’ First reponder health. The Skagit. Owls. Ferries fix.

Dec01-2023 Zylstra Lake trail. Observer Corps. Ghost river.

Nov24-2023 Skagit birds. Island ferries. Stop Roberts Bank Terminal 2.

Nov17-2023 Homeless students. Fire levy. Samish kelp. Election. Indie films.

Nov10-2023 Initiatives. Trails. Cleanup. Art. Trees. Port. Disease.

Nov03-2023 Grizzlies! Harcourt. Student mental health. Managing tourism. Jazz!

Oct27-2023 Port firing. Homeless housing. ‘Special place.’ Home care heroes.

Oct20-2023 Cool pix. Big port. Youth vote. Winter shelter. Ferry woes.

Oct13-2023 San Juan work. Waterfront work. Food waste. Greenways.

Oct06-2023 ‘Breaking the News.’ Growlers. Jail pro/con.

Sep29-2023 Lopez pool. COVID now. Selling sewage.

Sep22-2023 Elsie Mae. Straits initiative. Your vote.

Sep15-2023 Downtown fix. ‘Dr. Marty.’ The next flood.

Sep08-2023 Dry wells. ABC. Tsunami. Good reads.

Sep01-2023 Island fire. Local news. Tokitae.

Aug25-2023 Tokitae. Candidate forum. Beach eggs

Aug18-2023 Traffic delays. You coping?

Aug11-2023 Skagit agriculture. Local theater. Saving Samish Crest.

Aug04-2023 San Juan red foxes. One Whatcom. Election results.

Jul28-2023 Voting veterans. Tim McNulty. ‘Rights of Nature.’

Jul21-2023 Melting glaciers. Rights of Nature.

Jul14-2023 ‘Lyra.’ Election forums.

Jul07-2023 Rights of Nature. Lopez school budget.

Jun30-2023 Bill Nye. Lincoln Theatre.

Jun23-2023 Sikhs. Young voters. Jack Delay.

Jun16-2023 School board battles. Wireworms.

Jun09-2023 Race to Alaska. Leaded gas.

Jun02-2023 How goes Edison? Where’s the ferry?

May26-2023 Friday Harbor biz. Whatcom ‘Poor Farm.’

May19-2023 Gun laws. PeaceHealth palliative care.

May12-2023 AI: the future is here. Scrap metal. Bee love.

May05-2023 Build houses, save trees. Schools in perfect storm.

Apr28-2023 Bellingham’s waterfront. Shrink shortage.

Apr21-2023 Earth Day! Childcare. Home Trust. Broadband.