Member Appreciation Event Celebrating Local Power Tuesday, April 1, 2025 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY OPALCO Get ready for the most electrifying event of the year – the OPALCO Annual Member Festival! Mark your calendars for April 25, when San Juan County Fairgrounds will be transformed into a hub of fun, freebies, and festivities for…
Tuesday, April 1, 2025Reported by Albert James Following is a production of the Washington State University (WSU) Olympia News Bureau, run by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication News Fellowship Program. Washington Governor Bob Ferguson weighed in on legislative Democrats’ budget plans this afternoon. Throwing water on key proposals to bring in more money…
Tuesday, April 1, 2025by Jeff Noedelvideo by Jeremy Tyler Ferry activists and local leaders reading the recently-passed State Senate transportation budget (ESSB 5161) were shocked to find a major policy shift proposed on page 105 of the 260-page bill. Section 720 of the bill details the make-up of Washington State Ferries ferry advisory committees. In…
Compares FAA employee firings to taking a sledge-hammer to a fine-tuned Swiss watch Saturday, March 29, 2025by Jeff Noedel John J. Nance is a retired military and commercial pilot, a journalist and author, and a lawyer. He has appeared on American network television for 30 years. He is the man ABC News turns to when…
Thursday, March 27, 2025 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY OPALCO OPALCO filed a Draft License Application with the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) today for a 10-year pilot project license for OPALCO’s proposed Rosario Strait Tidal Energy Project. In June 2024, OPALCO was awarded a grant by the Department of Energy to file this application and…
Tuesday, March 25, 2025Photos and observations by Jess Newley It was a long day for Friday Harbor High School students — members of the Eco Club. With two advisors leading the way, the delegation of students traveled to Olympia to tour the state capitol and talk face-to-face with legislators. The subjects of the day: ecology…
Wednesday, March 5, 2025by Jeff Noedel In late December, La Conner, Washington lost its weekly newspaper. That newspaper was well over a century old. Attempts to purchase the incumbent newspaper failed and the publisher stopped publication. While more than 2,000 U.S. communities have settled for social media as a replacement for their former weekly newspaper,…
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 The Associated Press is reporting more than $1 billion in grants supporting the health of sexual minorities has been canceled by the Trump administration. The AP reports that last week, at least $1.36 million in future support has been canceled. Read the AP report here.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Approximately 20 miles north of Orcas Island is a rare “exclave” of the United States. Point Roberts is a 5-square-mile community with the Salish Sea coast to its west, south, and east. Its northern border is shared with Canada. This community — greatly dependent on goodwill with Canada — is home…
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research. Monday, March 24, 2025A ProPublica Storyby Annie Waldman and Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our…
Monday, March 24, 2025by Jeff Noedelvideo by Jeremy Tyler John J. Nance is an internationally-recognized expert in airline safety. He is the expert ABC News has turned to for three decades when they have a question about airline safety, or they are covering a serious airline incident. He was also the on-camera subject matter expert…
Monday, March 24, 2025by Jeff Noedel “Bill 7,” a bill filed in the British Columbian provincial legislature known as the “Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act,” could impose a tariff on goods shipped on British Columbia highways between Washington and Alaska. That’s just one of many ways the bill — if passed into law — could…
Monday, March 24, 2025 If you’ve driven on I-5 near Bellingham, you might have noticed fewer British Columbia license plates. Canadian national broadcaster CBC News is reporting that 500,000 fewer Canadians traveled into the U.S. in February. BCB attributes the drop to “The data shows there was a sudden reversal in February, just as U.S….
Monday, March 17, 2025Reported by Albert JamesCover photo credit: TVW Following is a production of the Washington State University (WSU) Olympia News Bureau, run by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication News Fellowship Program. This is a report by WSU Murrow Fellowship video journalist Albert James.
