May 7, 2013

IDIOTS USEFUL AND USELESS: The Washington Legislature adjourned last week without passing a state budget, prompting Gov. Jay Inslee to call them back for a special session that begins next… more »

April 30, 2013

CLAM CALAMITY: The peculiar dementia of Whatcom County Council in response to the protection of the county’s largest single supply of drinking water, both natural resource and economic asset, was… more »

April 23, 2013

A GIANT PASSES THROUGH: Even as the Gristle reported last week on the resurgence of anti-Indian rhetoric and rightwing organizing in Whatcom County, one of the movement’s foremost chroniclers and… more »

April 16, 2013

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: A federal court last month delivered a small taste of the future of water rights.

The long-anticipated ruling on tribal fishing rights was handed down… more »

April 9, 2013

OF CHAINS AND LINKS: “Here’s a quick summary of the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Fortnight for would-be Pacific Northwest coal exporters,” Sightline analyst Clark Williams-Derry reported last week.… more »

April 2, 2013

THE WIDENING GYRE: The Co-Lead Agencies of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Department of Ecology, and Whatcom County Planning released their preliminary report this week on the scoping… more »

March 26, 2013

HARD HATS AND SEA TURTLES: In an astonishing and welcome fusion of interests, organized labor and environmental groups joined forces last week on Bellingham’s central waterfront. In an extended series… more »

March 19, 2013

REIGN OF ERROR: Focus shifted to Bellingham’s other waterfront last week, with the Bellingham Planning Commission at last taking up the complicated and multi-faceted plan for the city’s 237-acre central… more »

March 12, 2013

COMMITTED TO PROOF: As we go to press this week, Whatcom County Council is engaged in another monumental, marathon session into late hours discussing the merits of the Lake Whatcom… more »