Is 22 North Going South?
The supportive housing building at 1022 North State St. is having severe control problems with drug use, unsanitary conditions, and daily police interventions.
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The supportive housing building at 1022 North State St. is having severe control problems with drug use, unsanitary conditions, and daily police interventions.
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Truth be told, most of these young women were in as much danger as many soldiers. Hostile fire is hostile fire. Agent Orange was everywhere.
An overwhelming response to a webinar on fighting the privatization of Medicare crashed the website of the sponsor, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
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Board member acknowledges illegal contract
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Tower to be built in residential neighborhood, near two elementary schools
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The baton has been passed to the developer to perform on this private dormitory complex. We shall see…
Liz Marshall writes about her concerns of our local governments and their environmental actions
Biden missed a chance to truthfully address his administration’s actions to privatize Medicare.
4 comments, most recent 2 years agoOr how supposed progressives in our state legislature work against clean energy and the environment
14 comments, most recent 2 years agoYet another un-affordable rental complex for Bellingham as we slide down the razor blade of housing affordability.
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3 comments, most recent 2 years agoWhat is the probability of dying from COVID-19 among the un-vaccinated?
9 comments, most recent 2 years agoAgent Orange is the “gift” that keeps giving.
3 comments, most recent 2 years agoDianne Foster clearly remembers our 2014 coup in Ukraine. Who are we now calling the aggressor? Let’s take a little minute to review here…
28 comments, most recent 2 years agoIn the early hours of February 17th, Public Banking Bill SB 5188, weakened by toxic amendments, was found lifeless. Heroic attempts to keep it alive since early January this year had been unsuccessful.
1 comment, most recent 2 years ago…Pants on Fire!
9 comments, most recent 2 years agoCityView is an oversized, misplaced, unnecessary, and virtually unadaptable apartment complex.
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4 comments, most recent 2 years agoIncome inequality is a national issue driving many social and health problems. This article explores income inequality in Whatcom County.
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoRay Kamada writes that Feb 8 (tomorrow) is the last day to request mail-in ballots for Whatcom Conservation District
In order for the results of a survey to be valid the results must be able to be verified by independent sources.
“We either win big this November by defeating the coup and its Republican enablers — or we kiss our democracy goodbye.” Michael Moore
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoIrrigation water usage in Whatcom County is estimated, and Eric puts forward reasons why we need meters to accurately measure usage.
Vote No On The Bellingham Public School 2022 Facilities Bond to Protect the Environment
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1 comment, most recent 2 years agoFalse equivalencies only lead to problems.
11 comments, most recent 2 years agoSatpal Sidhu writes of the collaboration between the Whatcom Community Foundation and the Sikh Community to raise $150,000 for flood relief effort.
The Whatcom County Council today appointed Simon Sefzik to fill the remaining 10 months of the senate seat for the 42nd District.
1 comment, most recent 2 years agoWherein Elisabeth carefully explains the facts behind this latest freakout by conservative political agitators
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3 comments, most recent 2 years agoHow many patient-contact hours have been lost due to COVID-19 deaths of health care professionals?
3 comments, most recent 2 years agoWhatever happened to that multi-million dollar grant the Port got for rural broadband?
4 comments, most recent 2 years agoShannon Skinner debunks the Social Security crisis
Is the City’s Internet survey designed to protect inferior service?
Virtual monopolies engender poor service and lack of customer focus.
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7 comments, most recent 3 years agoWann wird man je verstehen?
11 comments, most recent 3 years ago