REMINDER: The group with Their Mines, Our Stories: Work, Environment and Justice in ASARCO-Impacted Communities will be visiting Northport this weekend. Through research, film, photography, oral history and analytical writing, they are documenting communities located near smelters, struggling with the impacts of decades of pollution on their environment and health. Their goal is to explore "how communities, through... Continue Reading →
Northport Museum -Open Saturday
The museum will be open on Saturday from noon to 4pm. Please come see our little museum and learn about our town’s colorful history. I will come up with a map to give you a short self-guided tour of historic sites. - Jael Regis, Northport, WA Historical Society
NORTHPORT, WA HISTORIC SOCIETY
Follow the Northport Historical Society Facebook page! This group is insuring the history of Northport and its people is preserved and accessible to everyone.
Northport Residents – Meeting with multi-media project “Their Mines, Our Stories” – May 28th
Their Mines, Our Stories, is a multi-media project started by two professors from the Evergreen State College. Anne Fischel (Media and Community Studies) and Lin Nelson (Environmental Health and Community Studies) began this project by documenting the experiences of individuals in communities who worked at, and/or lived close to, one of the ASARCO smelters. ASARCO is... Continue Reading →
Radio Interview – Northport Calling For Teck Petition
LSON NEWSREGIONAL NEWS ACTIVIST CALLING FOR TECK PETITION GLENN HICKS — MAY 4, 2016 An activist south of the border is calling on citizens to make sure Teck is held accountable for its historic air pollution. Jamie Paparich in Northport, Washington is calling on citizens to petition the appeal court panel after Teck argued... Continue Reading →