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  • Floating ban coming to South Fork Nooksack Riverv

    David Nunez, Cascadia Daily News|Updated Jul 13, 2023

    Floating down the South Fork Nooksack River will soon be off-limits for the summer. Whatcom County Council approved the ban by a 4-2 margin, with one council member absent, after a lengthy public comment period during a Tuesday, July 11 meeting. The ban will be in place yearly between the dates of June 1 and Oct. 31 until the number of Chinook salmon in the South Fork reach 50% of a 9,900 recovery goal. The current recovery number of naturally spawning chinook salmon is at...

  • Boat work: Do it right or risk 'big ol' can of worms'

    Luke Whittaker, Chinook Observer|Updated Jul 13, 2023

    ILWACO - Under a high July sun, shipwright Rachel Kuhn sanded the mahogany hull of a 1967 Chris-Craft next to Westport commercial fisherman Chris Cain, who was busy re-painting the bottom of his 46-foot Gulf Craft ahead of the albacore tuna season, now only days away. (Fishermen in Westport and Garibaldi began seeing some albacore relatively near shore last week.) Nearby, Brian Cutting worked to replace the propeller on his 50-foot vessel, the F/V Cutting Edge, a necessary...

  • Washington Ranks Second Nationally in UFO Sightings, With Many in Yelm and Rainier

    Brandon Hansen, Nisqually Valley News|Updated Jul 13, 2023

    While one of the most famous shows based in Washington state is "Fraiser" - a Seattle-based comedy about psychiatrist Fraiser Crane - perhaps it should have been the "X-Files" instead. According to Satellite Internet, Washington is the second-most active state regarding UFO sightings. There have been 90 reported UFO sightings per 100,000 residents in Washington, second only to Vermont, with 92 sightings per 100,000 people. A UFO, or unidentified flying object, refers to any...