Backgound: When every attempt is being made to bring the community together on the impending layoffs at ALCOA Intalco Works it comes to light that one of the City Council People in Ferndale used her title and city e-mail address to "report" that a rally on April 23rd in Pioneer Park was not "compliant" with the Governor's dictates. Pictured below the reporting person is in the Contact Email the Contact Name and Phone. Doug ...
The folks at KVI have put out a list of locations and times for voters to sign the R-90 Petitions the Referendum, if validated, will overturn the legislative decision to teach students K-12 using a state dictated curriculum for sex education. The article by the Fourth Corner is here. Update: It still takes 139,000 valid signatures to get it on the ballot; but today's report on KVI radio states that this weekend will have ...
The Fourth Corner wants to provide an update on the COVID pandemic. March 10th in Whatcom County; is when Meridian School District closed their schools we have been covering this outbreak since then. On May 10th (2 months to the day that Meridian School District closed its district) the Health Department released the data below concerning the Whatcom County COVID outbreak: NOTE: The Health Department states that the data concerning deaths may change. From ...
Over 770 jobs will disappear from Cherry Point when Ferndale's Intalco closes in July. Both Sen. Ericksen and Rep VanWerven wish to save the jobs at Intalco and Sen. Ericksen has a long history of keeping the Intalco Works open. 29th Of April: "Rep. Van Werven and Sen. Ericksen, fighting to keep Intalco open. These are 700 family-wage jobs we can't lose!" #saveintalco from Rep Van Werven: Sen Doug Ericksen 42nd ...
There have been questions on the limit of the power of the Governor during this time. JT Wilcox the minority leader of the State House of Representatives has posted the following on Facebook and seems to state that legal minds say that except for minor items the Governor can continue on this course science or no science, and over 30 days without input of any kind from the legislative branch. His comments here: ...
Alcoa Intalco Works announces closure: Here is the press release announcing the closing of Intalco Alcoa in Ferndale in July 2020 and putting 700 people out of work. They cite uncompetitive world pricing of the product for the closing and mention they will donate the promised $200,000.00 to local charities. Most economist are assuming that the country and the world will fall into recession and that does depress demand and lowers the price of ...
Thanks to everyone who participated in our "March-April Poll on the Covid-19 Virus"!! See a preview of survey results here. Subscribe Here for Free and we will send a link to ALL the questions on the Survey. The Fourth Corner ran an unscientific Survey of its readers and received hundreds of responses over a 10 day period. The poll shows that many in our community are very serious and concerned about what is ...
The short answer some legislative input is required but it is limited. There seems to be no limit to the length in the State of Washington. Governor Jay Inslee The Governor has extended the isolation segment of his emergency declaration until May 4th 2020; continuing to shut down the economy and many business' futures. This brought to mind a concern of many: how long can the Governor shut down the state without ...
Environmental NGO's resist efforts for an agreement in building large-scale renewable diesel plant Project at Cherry Point. The project was declared dead by the companies as of March 20th Background: In a Jan 21st breaking story on the Fourth Corner here “Phillips 66 and Renewable Energy Group INC. were discontinuing their effort to construct a large-scale renewable diesel plant in Ferndale, Washington, the companies announced today.” The full press release here. Current Information: ...
Editor's Note: Local writer and volunteer contributor to water issues and The Fourth Corner has a take on our current pandemic. Thanks Molly Crocker. Author Molly Crocker I am blessed with what I believe is a sanctified optimism. I wasn't able to buy non-perishable foods yesterday when I went shopping, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to do that soon. Grocery stores are having a great March! What's good about this ...
