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Cleanups move ahead at polluted Anacortes waterfront sites
November 7, 2023
Richard Arlin Walker
Twenty-four waterfront sites — with more to come — have been cleaned up in Anacortes by removing fuel tanks, contaminated soil, creosote-treated pilings and dilapidated overwater.
Saving the Samish Crest
August 11, 2023
Stevan Harrell
Commentary: The trails and views overlooking Bellingham toward the west can and should be saved for people.
Keep walking, or keep off? Guemes beach-walking pushes question of private property versus public access
January 27, 2022
Lauren Gallup
Disagreement between those who hold to a long-established practice on Guemes Island of public access to walking across privately owned tidelands and a property owner’s opposition to what he sees as trespassing has evolved into a lawsuit.