by Editor | Dec 15, 2013 | War on the West, Water Issues
The Whatcom Excavator 12/06/2013 WE suppose you know that northwest Washington is a rain forest. What you may not know is that some people are trying to gin up the idea that water is scarce around here; that we’re on the brink of a water shortage (or something),...
by Editor | Dec 12, 2013 | Govt Agencies, WA State DOE, War on the West, Water Issues, Wildlands Project
Posted December 11th, 2013 ‘Fish Consumption’ Issue Could Mean $200-a-Month Sewer Bills — Business, Local-Government Organizations Sound Alarm as Ecology Seeks Standards No One Can Meet By Erik Smith Washington State Wire Boise Cascade’s Wallula mill: Pulp and...
by Editor | Dec 12, 2013 | Accountability, Economy
Sequim Gazette Posted 12/12/2013 (Sequim Gazette Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series on planned spending on public facilities. Next week we’ll look at how Clallam citizens will pay for these construction projects.) In 2014, and in the years...
by Editor | Dec 12, 2013 | Govt Agencies
By Rob PoindexterWABI TV Posted 12/12/2013 Maine Forest Rangers were last allowed to carry guns back in the late 1990′s. But that could be changing. A report issued by a 10 person task force convened by Governor LePage gave their final recommendation earlier this...
by Editor | Dec 12, 2013 | Govt Agencies
A new plan to protect the sage grouse in eastern Oregon would disproportionately affect ranchers in certain designated areas. The proposal would cut grazing by about 118,000 acres in the region. Cattle grazing reductions likely in some areas under proposal By Mateusz...