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Seattle utility submits revised Skagit River dams study plan for review By Associated Press Share: MOUNT VERNON — A public utility in Seattle has broadened its study plan for the relicensing of its Skagit River dams in response to requests from the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe and other stakeholders, officials said. Seattle City Light submitted the revised study plan on Wednesday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. The current license, issued in 1995, expires in April 2025. Seattle City Light requested a pre-application document and pr...

Seattle offers to change dam operations on 'sacred' stretch of the Skagit River Seattle City Light executives announced its latest plans in an effort to get its Skagit River dams relicensed for up to 50 years. Author: Susannah Frame Updated: 2:38 PM PDT April 8, 2021 SEATTLE — After 100 years of dewatering a three-mile portion of the Skagit River where it used to flow freely, Seattle City Light on Wednesday pledged to put water back into what is referred to as the Gorge bypass reach. “It is our intent to re-water that reach and not wait for the new license...

Seattle utility submits revised dam study plan for review Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, April 8, 2021 MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - A public utility in Seattle has broadened its study plan for the relicensing of its Skagit River dams in response to requests from the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe and other stakeholders, officials said. Seattle City Light submitted the revised study plan on Wednesday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. The ...

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe: Seattle’s Skagit River dams put treaty rights at risk Seattle City Light's hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were built on the Upper Skagit's ancestral lands, but the tribe was never consulted about the project. Author: Susannah Frame Updated: 8:06 PM PDT April 6, 2021 SEATTLE — A small, rural Indian tribe based in Sedro-Woolley accuses the city of Seattle of degrading its culture, identity, and federally-protected treaty rights. The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, according to historians, has inhabited the Skagit Valley along th...

Convicted of the crime and sentenced to life without parole: 23-year-old Tevin Raeshaun Johnson. Reports indicate that Johnson befriended Morris then followed her to the victim's motel room. A witness claimed Johnson was not welcomed by his victim. [ I was unable to uncover any white-on-black homicides during February. Please contact me if you are aware of one. Federal government data on inter-racial crime is extremely opaque. Statista.com reveals that in 2019 there were 5,787 white homicide victims and 7,484 black victims. In both cases, the race of the killer(s) was unspecified, but most bl...