By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioner Dan McDonald is facing backlash after audio from a 2017 meeting on the proposed Newport silicon smelter was released on YouTube. When a member of the...
By Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Hundreds of people turned out to raise heartfelt, serious questions about plans for a silicon smelter in Newport Wednesday evening, challenging Washington State regulators to justify permitting a project...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Several public meetings are scheduled for citizens to weigh in on the controversial silicon smelter proposed for construction in Newport, Wash. The meetings begin next week, starting on Sept....
Sylvia Humes Reader Contributor With over 20,000 additional trucks and over 15,000 additional train cars moving through our communities every year, we recognize that the collective impacts of the proposed Newport silicon metals smelter...
By Phyllis J. Kardos Reader Contributor When did it become OK for a massive industrial complex to entrench itself in the middle of rural residential properties and position itself to be built perilously close...
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor Many concerned citizens have contacted me recently regarding the proposed silicon smelter in Newport, Wash. As reported in the Reader on October 12, 192 acres was purchased by...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Newport-area residents are mobilizing for a fight over a proposed silicon smelter, which they believe was sprung on them without any public engagement. At packed meetings this week, Newport...
