Environment
Columbia Risk Does Not Stop At The Oregon Line
Washington's own Columbia River records put communities, farms, industry, fish, and navigation in the same water-use frame as the Oregon-side Port Westward proposal.
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Port Westward Risk Does Not Stop At The Fence Line
DEQ's 401 certification places the proposed discharge path in waters connected to McLean Slough and the Clatskanie River. DEQ also lists existing dissolved oxygen, temperature, dioxin, total dissolved gas, PCB, and DDE impairments in the receiving-water system.
Environment
Port Westward Is Not An Empty Industrial Pad. It's A Working Floodplain And Habitat Complex.
DEQ's Jan. 7, 2025 certification says the project would create 72.6 acres of new impervious surface. NOAA's biological opinion says 23 ESA-listed species or distinct population segments are likely to be adversely affected.
Environment
The NEXT Port Westward Review Is Still A Wetlands-And-Water Story First
If you want to understand the Port Westward fight, start with the public record: wetland fill, fish habitat impacts, impaired receiving waters, and a permit history that has already forced the project back through review more than once.
Corruption
The Teton Valley Power Timeline Reuses The Same Names
The Teton Valley timeline runs through county office, brokerage, planning records, party structure, Ron James' objection letter, and the Driggs 160 auction track.
Corruption
Ed Yeager Sits Inside A Real Teton Valley Political Network
The Yeager file runs through county-party leadership, state-party standing, property-owner language, and a public example of local party pressure.
Corruption
The Public-Land Trail Around Thomas Tull Runs Through The Idaho Land Board
If you want to know who helped a Tull-adjacent land play move, start with the officials already on the paper: the Idaho Department of Lands, the State Board of Land Commissioners, and local actors like Ron James who declined to join the objection.
Corruption
Thomas Tull's Money And Land Footprint Is Now Part Of Teton County Politics
Official records and reporting describe land interest, political money, philanthropy, and local government decision-making colliding around one county commissioner and one billionaire ranch owner.
Corruption
Victor's Wastewater Land Push Runs Through Annexation, Debt, And A Threatened Taking
Official records and reporting describe a city stacking contract pressure, annexation, zoning, lot-splitting, and debt confirmation around one wastewater project, while the letter reviewed by the site shows the owners were also being told a condemnation path was on the table.
Corruption
The Victor-Driggs Money Trail Is Bigger Than Either Mayor
Victor Mayor Will Frohlich and Driggs Mayor August Christensen sit over a regional wastewater fight now measured in rate hikes, a federal consent decree, a lawsuit, and competing multimillion-dollar plant plans.
Corruption
Christianity Keeps Getting Used As Political Infrastructure
The current faith-politics file runs through vote shares, White House staffing, prayer-stage policy announcements, and polling that separates church support from personal spiritual credibility.
Corruption
A Small Number Of Companies Still Control A Huge Share Of TV News
A small number of giant U.S. Media companies and station groups already control enormous chunks of the broadcast system, and the public record shows that concentration can affect what airs across whole clusters of local markets.