By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Anti-smelter watchdog groups are urging interested parties to keep an eye on Pend Oreille County as the Planning Commission continues to work on its 2020 Comprehensive Plan update —...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Citizen groups opposed to the Newport, Wash., silicon smelter have announced they will appeal to the Washington Supreme Court in a case against the Pend Oreille County Public Utility...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Division III Court of Appeals in Washington state released an opinion April 21 affirming the legality of the sale of land from the Public Utility District in Pend...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff PacWest Silicon, the Canadian company hoping to build a smelter in Newport, Wash., has broken its prolonged silence with a letter to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. The letter is...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Board of County Commissioners in Pend Oreille County, Wash., denied a Comprehensive Plan amendment Dec. 9 that would have expanded uses on parcels zoned as public lands, ultimately...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Washington Governor Jay Inslee is looking for answers from PacWest Silicon, according to a letter sent Oct. 30 to company CEO Jayson Tymko. PacWest is responsible for the proposed...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The proposed PacWest silicon smelter in Newport, Wash., made strides last week as the Pend Oreille County hearing examiner struck down an appeal from anti-smelter group Responsible Growth*Northeast Washington. ...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the airshed redesignation of the Kalispel Indian Reservation from Class II to Class I under the Clean Air Act. The reservation, located on...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A coalition of physicians and health care professionals has issued an open letter opposing the proposed Newport silicon smelter. Known as the Inland NW Physicians for Healthy Communities, the...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff PacWest Silicon, the company behind the controversial Newport smelter project, will no longer be presenting at Thursday’s Lakes Commission meeting due to zoning troubles with Pend Oreille County. Mike...
