
Editor’s Desk
Whatcom candidate forum was a study in styles
August 25, 2023
Commentary: A Whatcom County candidates forum revealed differences in style if not policy.
Mike Sato, Managing Editor
Natural Resources
Beach eggs
August 23, 2023
A photographer provides an up-close and personal look at eggs found on beaches in or near Port Townsend.
Wendy Feltham
Transportation
Detour? Delay? Drivers, businesses cope with summer road construction
August 18, 2023
Road construction projects throughout Whatcom County are creating challenges now — for benefits later.
Matt Benoit
Culture
Pandemic’s past but local theaters are (cautiously) optimistic
August 11, 2023
Post-COVID theater attendance lags but new alignments and venues promise a brighter future.
Matt Benoit
Agriculture
Finding happily ever after in Skagit’s ag zone
August 11, 2023
A proposal that would constrain Skagit farms in operating as event venues has prompted discussion on the future of the area’s sense of place.
Adam M. Sowards
Community Voices
Saving the Samish Crest
August 11, 2023
Commentary: The trails and views overlooking Bellingham toward the west can and should be saved for people.
Stevan Harrell
Natural Resources
Humans urged to stay away from San Juan’s red foxes
August 4, 2023
“A fed fox is a dead fox,” warn signs on San Juan Island, urging humans to keep their distance from foxes in the wild — for the sake of the animals.
Richard Arlin Walker
Community Voices
One Whatcom forms local network to counter violence and racial intolerance
August 4, 2023
Commentary: In a gathering last Saturday, the human rights group One Whatcom supported the local Jewish community against rising antisemitism.
Vernon Damani Johnson
Governance
Primary’s done: on to the general election
August 4, 2023
Who will make the cut? Auditors in Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit counties have updated primary election vote counts that determine which two candidates will face off in November’s general election.
Salish Current Editorial Staff
Governance
Does military service influence the veteran vote?
July 28, 2023
Military veterans have served their country and reintegrated into civilian life. When it comes to local elections, do they vote?
Kai Uyehara
Natural Resources
‘Seeing the Forest’ salon to benefit forest conservation
July 28, 2023
A writer’s exploration and evocations of Northwest rivers and forests will highlight an event to support protection of what remains of the wilderness.
Lane Morgan
Community Voices
Only in a society separated from nature does ‘Rights of Nature’ make sense
July 28, 2023
Commentary: There are many ways to interpret the idea of the “rights of nature” — so many layers that most of us can forget that we are nature.
Elisabeth Robson
Climate
Climate change threatens North Cascades snowpack
July 21, 2023
The loss of glaciers threatens agriculture, fisheries, drinking water, hydroelectric power and recreation.
Sally Vaux
Climate
Looking back: point-in-time climate effects on Mount Baker
July 21, 2023
As summer temperatures rise over time, Mount Baker’s shrinking glaciers reveal the impact.
Alan Fritzberg
Community Voices
The dynamics of the ‘rights of nature’ issue
July 21, 2023
Commentary: The “rights of nature” issue is a dynamic balance among the rights of voiceless forms of life, the idea of “ownership,” the common welfare, and human happiness in nature and grief for its loss.
William Appel
Journalism
‘Lyra’ sheds light on power, dangers of journalism
July 14, 2023
“Lyra,” showing July 18 at Bellingham’s Pickford Film Center, documents the story of murdered Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee and spotlights the dangers and power of journalism — and why it matters.
Matt Benoit