The Gristle
Carbon Pricing
CARBON PRICING: For all the governor’s passion on the issue of climate change, he has not been able to convince the Legislature to pass a carbon pricing strategy. That may have changed last week when the state House of Representatives passed House Bill 1091.
HB 1091, the Clean Fuel…
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Washington Can’t Wait
If Northwest Washingtonians have learned anything from the past couple of years, it’s that the changing climate isn’t just hitting the United States’ hurricane-prone coastlines or the arid West. The change is at our doorstep too.
In early September 2020, smoke from historic…
Rumor Has It
Signs of Life
Like everyone else that is part of this music community, I’ve been wondering what life post-COVID—or post-vaccination, to put a more accurate point on it—is going to look like. For the past year, I’ve been so focused on the hardships our venues are under that I’ve barely even thought…
Letters
Limiting use of military force
We are writing to publicly thank Representative Rick Larsen for cosponsoring H.R.256, which repeals the Authorization for the Use of Military Force of 2002 (AUMF). The AUMF is essentially a…
Growing pains
This is a timely, county wide issue. Concerned residents are asking for an emergency moratorium to review our county marijuana codes.
Current codes have left our rural communities vulnerable…
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Should we raise our hourly pay from $7.25 to $15?
The majority of Americans favor it. Republican voters favor it. Dogs like it. Cats agree.
It’s not a hard question.
Today’s Events
Riding the Wind
11:00am
Michael Dickter’s “Riding the Wind” exhibit can be seen from 11am-6pm daily through Feb. 28 in Mount Vernon at Perry and Carlson Gallery, 504 S. First St. Face masks are required, and a…
Bellingham to the Border and Back Virtual Challenge
9:00am
Fairhaven Runners & Walkers will partner with Altra Running for a “Bellingham to the Border and Back” Virtual Challenge through March 15. Participants will be challenged to log 60 miles—the…
La Conner Daffodil Festival
12:00pm
Celebrate the “golden trumpets of spring” at the seventh annual La Conner Daffodil Festival taking place through March in the Skagit Valley. Special events include a Springtime Chalk Art…
Anacortes Arts Festival Virtual Art Auction
10:00am
Bid on more than 120 art pieces through March 20 as part of the Anacortes Arts Festival’s inaugural Virtual Art Auction. Works will include paintings, sculpture, photography, sculptures,…
Art-iversary Exhibit
5:30pm
From 10am-5:30pm Mondays through Saturdays through April 30, celebrate 20 years of ownership for Sheri Wright of Fourth Corner Frames, 311 W. Holly St. A wide variety of works are for sale as…
Origins and Evolutions Exhibit
11:00am
“Origins and Evolutions: Five Generations” can be seen from 11am-4pm Tues.-Thurs., and by appointment, at least through May 22 at Gallery Syre, 465 Stuart Rd. The show gathers together…
Art Challenge and Cultural Arts Festival
11:00am
View non-juried works by area artists as part of a Whatcom READS Art Challenge related to this year’s book selection, Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black, from 11am-4pm Tuesdays through Saturdays…
Cliff the Failed Troll
4:00pm
Join Whatcom County Library System for an online author visit from 4pm-5pm with local author Barbara Davis-Pyles as she reads her newest book, CliFF the Failed Troll—a sweet story about…
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