3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (936+ words) Burrard Inlet, a fjord in British Columbia, is facing a dredging proposal. (Wpcpey / Wikimedia Commons) Commentary: A proposal to dredge the Second Narrows channel in Burrard Inlet could intensify the pressures of climate change. Ed.: The essays, analyses and opinions…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (900+ words) Whatcom residents gathered in the Lynden City Annex Building on Thursday, March 19 for a community engagement session for the county's Justice Project. (Sam Fletcher / Salish Current 2026) Community members shared opinions at a community engagement session in Lynden on March 19. Whatcom…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (534+ words) Changes in visa programs and budget cuts are two factors behind a decrease in the number of international students at colleges and universities locally and elsewhere. Here, students gather in the Orca Center at the Heiner Building at Whatcom Community…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1032+ words) Out of the archives, into the costumes and out onto the streets: Bellingham and Fairhaven history is told on tours hosted by the Good Time Girls. In a Downtown alley, guides Kolby LaBree and Wren Rivers prepare to share tales…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (1244+ words) Coho salmon fry school in the Vancouver Aquarium. (Paul Harrison) The comprehensive watershed-by-watershed analysis of habitat conditions by the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission tells the story of the history, present and future of local salmon conservation." At a recent presentation…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1123+ words) OPALCO is asking San Juan County to revise the restrictions on its Decatur Island property, but neighboring residents worry that doing so sets a dangerous precedent. The co-op's existing microgrid project sits near the center of Decatur Island. (OPALCO) Plans…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (419+ words) An Islands" Oil Spill Association containment boom surrounds the wreck of El Capitan in West Sound, Orcas Island, in Spring 2024, in one of the volunteer organization"s many oil spill response incidents in the San Juan Islands. (IOSA) "Over the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (760+ words) As the Marine Life Center at Squalicum Harbor sees remodel'ing this year, the center touch tank will no longer be the central fixture it is today. (Joshua Kornfeld, Salish Current 2026) In the coming months the Marine Life Center " a Port…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (597+ words) The 473 acres known as the Beaverton Marsh Preserve contains the largest wetland complex in San Juan County, rare bog habitat and mixed upland forest. Planning for a boardwalk trail across a section of the marsh is in the works. (San…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1235+ words) Whatcom County Search and Rescue conducts a boat rescue on the Nooksack River near Lynden in 2024. (Whatcom County Search and Rescue) The potential loss of the Search and Rescue equipment facility has brought greater communication between the county and the…...