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Public banking can stop our dependence on commercial banks to whom we give our government revenue and receive little in return.
2 comments, most recent 4 days agoThis is yet another Dig Once Policy update outlining how the COB Public Works Department, under the direction of Ted Carlson, has been ignoring the advice and wishes of thousands of Bellingham residents.
2 comments, most recent 4 days agoThe Bellingham Planning Commission has passed to the City Council a terribly flawed recommendation on vacation rentals.
2 comments, most recent 5 days agoConsumer fireworks are illegal in Bellingham. Some would say it is difficult to tell.
8 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoWe are about local news at NWCitizen - but we are also citizens of the United States - or have we forgotten who we are?
3 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoIn many instances our police officers have become walking examples of post traumatic stress.
7 comments, most recent 4 weeks agoMessaging by anecdotes, not facts, is becoming the watchword of creating ordinances in Bellingham
8 comments, most recent 1 month agoVeteran Television Journalist Ali Velshi talks about Culture, Identity Politics and his role in “Spotlighting the Political Circus in the United States”.
14 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoFactors to consider in incorporating an organization where the primary purpose is civic and profit is a secondary factor.
1 comment, most recent 1 month agoMyopic leadership in the NFL is the problem.
The Seattle Times provides an in depth article on our local Nooksack Indian tribe’s new chairman, Ross Cline Sr. Bob Kelly is out and no where to be seen.
2 comments, most recent 1 month agoFor my friend, the late Lewis Puller, on Memorial Day 2018.
4 comments, most recent 1 month agoSince 1917, Washington’s water laws have become increasingly complicated and counterproductive. Eric explains the major problems and suggests an alternative for a sustainable future.
3 comments, most recent 1 month agoI am and you should be, too.
5 comments, most recent 1 month agoAn update on the current status of discussions surrounding establishing a Dig Once Policy in Bellingham.
This article outlines how totally inadequate the low-income connections provided by the big telecoms are. Yet they are presented as a solution by many council members.
4 comments, most recent 1 month agoThe disease is greed. The cure to which seems to be beyond the ken of this city government.
5 comments, most recent 1 month agoAfter 20 some years of owning and managing Northwest Citizen, I am retiring - and hopeful that some person or group will take ownership and go forward.
7 comments, most recent 2 months agoA council call on landlords to reduce rents is in order.
12 comments, most recent 2 months agoThe goal of this article is to highlight a few amazing scientific discoveries in the hopes that it will motivate us to create an economy based on science instead of war.
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