State Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-44th, has proposed an amendment to his SB 5805 in an attempt to allay concerns that the bill could help to clear the regulatory path for Gateway Pacific Terminal and other proposed coal shipping facilities.
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WALLA WALLA -- The bond proposal to modernize Walla Walla High School received 53 percent approval Tuesday night, failing to meet the required 60 percent supermajority needed to pass.
The Walla Walla School Board agreed this fall to seek a $48 million bond to update facilities at Walla Walla High School, primarily academic spaces, but also some for career and technical education, the arts and athletics.
Walla Walla School District Superintendent Mick Miller in a press release thanked staff, parents, students and community volunteers for helping inform the community about the proposal.
BELLINGHAM - The public will have a chance to comment on a new apartment building that's proposed near Bellis Fair mall.
A three-story, 47-unit apartment is being proposed for in the 500 block of W. Bakerview Road, next to the Windermere Property Management building. The proposed building will also have three commercial units and 60 parking spaces.
A public meeting, required by the City of Bellingham, is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 at 541 W. Bakerview Road. For further details about the meeting, call Todd Fuller at 360-393-3131.
The management plan the service proposed in 2011 was met with uproar from boaters and local government officials, who said restrictions to benefit waterfowl and habitat needlessly restricted recreation uses. The plan federal managers are presenting in a series of public meetings beginning Friday is much less restrictive than their initial proposal.
While the Keystone XL pipeline and coal export proposals such as the Gateway Pacific Terminal in Whatcom County are getting a lot of attention, crude oil pipeline/export proposals are becoming a focus of greater concern partly because of the potential increase in tanker traffic just north of the border.
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Thursday's Bellingham Planning Commission hearing on waterfront planning proposals attracted a well-organized showing from environmentalists and organized labor. But instead of butting heads--as they have been doing over the Gateway Pacific Terminal coal export facility proposal--they made an obvious effort to support each others' concerns.
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