A Resolution to Make Sure Nothing Gets Done

By Jon Humphrey • On Apr 09, 2024

Broadband-Washing: Greenwashing the Internet

6 comments, most recent 1 week ago

Moving Back from the Brink

By Gene Marx • On Apr 05, 2024

Pacific Northwest organizers join a global campaign to abolish all nukes and push for a city council resolution to start

4 comments, most recent 3 days ago

Medicare (Dis)Advantage - Even Hospitals Don’t Like It.

By Dick Conoboy • On Mar 31, 2024

If the hospitals are smelling a rat, so should Medicare (Dis)Advantage victims (AKA enrollees).

1 comment, most recent 2 weeks ago

The $5 Trillion National Infrastructure Bank Is Looking Better Every Day

By Dick Conoboy • On Mar 27, 2024

With such a bank in place, we would likely not be scrambling around and asking Congress for rebuild monies, as we are now with the catastrophic event involving the Francis Scott Key bridge on March 26, 2024.

Scrap metal shipping from Port dock ends this summer

By John Servais • On Mar 25, 2024

Port of Bellingham commissioners terminate last 13 years of ABC Recycling lease

5 comments, most recent 3 weeks ago

COB - Your Interests vs. Corporate Interests

By Jon Humphrey • On Mar 18, 2024

No public fiber means we can’t compete with big telecom. EVER.

4 comments, most recent 2 weeks ago

The Insidious Creep of Medicare (Dis)Advantage

By Guest Writer • On Feb 25, 2024

Crappier coverage for us, even more money for insurance companies.

3 comments, most recent 1 month ago

Firing Up the War Machine

By Dianne Foster • On Feb 09, 2024

Who benefits? Palestinians are being slaughtered. Genocide. Gaza is being leveled.

6 comments, most recent 1 month ago

Three Wise Men?

By Tip Johnson • On Jan 09, 2024

The Port Commission has decreed that Bellingham’s waterfront will remain a toxic, festering sore

6 comments, most recent 3 months ago

The ABC Recycling Hook

By David Netboy • On Dec 26, 2023

We needed a hook, and we think we found it.

13 comments, most recent 2 months ago

Dementors attack the Sehome Neighborhood

By David A. Swanson • On Dec 08, 2023

"Sweet Jesus,” shrieked the thralls of the Sehomus Republic,as ABC the Yochlowitz,successor to GorgoPacificus the Destroyer,...

3 comments, most recent 4 months ago

Just What We Need - A Bank in Fairhaven

By Dick Conoboy • On Dec 05, 2023

Peoples Bank proposes to tear down the once popular Zane Burger restaurant to build a branch office.

3 comments, most recent 4 months ago

Chutzpah Redefined - Call For Citizen Policing of Medicare Advantage

By Dick Conoboy • On Dec 02, 2023

Biden administration is asking the public to report on bogus advertising claims of Medicare Advantage providers.

7 comments, most recent 4 months ago

Alert On Development Proposal: 2706 Mill Avenue

By Guest Writer • On Nov 30, 2023

15 new townhouses, out-of-town developer, build-and-run, in south side Happy Valley neighborhood of Bellingham.

2 comments, most recent 4 months ago

ABC Recycling Meets the Public

By Guest Writer • On Nov 28, 2023

Tuesday, Dec, 5, will be the first time ABC Recycling has agreed to answer the public. Don’t miss this meeting. Here are the issues.

6 comments, most recent 4 months ago

Don’t Be Manipulated by Misleading Data

By David A. Swanson • On Nov 19, 2023

The effect of WWU students on Whatcom County’s rental housing market

5 comments, most recent 4 months ago

Scamming Our Veterans

By Dick Conoboy • On Nov 17, 2023

There seems to be no barrier to the depths to which scammers will go to steal money from the most vulnerable or deserving.

Some Thoughts on Veterans Day 2023

By Dick Conoboy • On Nov 10, 2023

Merely musing about soldiers.

4 comments, most recent 5 months ago

Thanks to the City of Bellingham

By Jon Humphrey • On Nov 09, 2023

The city comes through on public wi-fi hotspots

1 comment, most recent 5 months ago

Thoughts of a Bellingham Renter

By Guest Writer • On Nov 08, 2023

An insider’s view of rental inspections in Bellingham as experienced by a long-time renter.

5 comments, most recent 5 months ago

Vote Yes On Jail Tax - A Personal View

By Guest Writer • On Nov 04, 2023

It is time to stop the injustices that have been propagated over the years.

6 comments, most recent 5 months ago

Retirees With Federal Employee Health Care - Beware Of Offers To Switch Drug Coverage

By Dick Conoboy • On Nov 04, 2023

Getting a letter that declares, “An exciting new prescription drug benefit for you!” should activate your BS detector.

7 comments, most recent 4 months ago

No Third Jail Tax

By Tip Johnson • On Oct 31, 2023

Who benefits?

3 comments, most recent 5 months ago

Candidate statement: Jace Cotton for Bellingham Council

By Candidate • On Oct 31, 2023

At Large position on the Bellngham City Council

The Decline of Bellingham

By Doug Karlberg • On Oct 31, 2023

Is this a good place to live? Do you feel safe? Can you afford it? Are too many of us living on the streets? Doug Karlberg has some ideas.

Hannah Ordos for County Council

By John Servais • On Oct 27, 2023

Why a Liberal is voting for a Conservative for the Whatcom County Council

14 comments, most recent 5 months ago

Is Hydrogen the Answer?

By Jon Humphrey • On Oct 26, 2023

The truth is out there; Jon Humphrey has researched the issues and concisely compiled the results.

5 comments, most recent 5 months ago

Candidate statement: Liz Darrow for Bellingham Council

By Candidate • On Oct 19, 2023

Ward 3 position on the Bellingham City Council

Memorial Event for Wendy Harris

By Dick Conoboy • On Oct 19, 2023

Wendy was an intrepid voice for the environment and the humane treatment of animals. May her memory be for a blessing.

3 comments, most recent 5 months ago

Candidate Statement: Donnell ‘Tank’ Tanksley for Sheriff

By Candidate • On Oct 19, 2023

Whatcom County Sheriff is elected by all county voters, including those in Bellingham, Ferndale and other towns.

Signing On To Medicare Advantage?  Don’t!

By Dick Conoboy • On Oct 18, 2023

Or at least, take a moment to learn about the privatization of Medicare, commonly called Medicare [Dis]Advantage.

1 comment, most recent 5 months ago

Housing: Problems AND Solutions

By Guest Writer • On Oct 15, 2023

An in-depth look at local housing: insightful, researched, and provocative.

5 comments, most recent 6 months ago

Candidate Statement: Doug Chadwick for Whatcom County Sheriff

By Candidate • On Oct 02, 2023

Whatcom County Sheriff voted on by registered voters in Whatcom County

The Hazards of Metal Shredding near Bellingham: Cancer, Pollution and Fire

By Guest Writer • On Oct 02, 2023

The passage of time alone will not save Bellingham from this dangerous situation. Only strong and persistent action on the part of its citizens will be effective against this menace.

Scrap Metal Pile Includes Many Hazards and Few Benefits

By Guest Writer • On Sep 27, 2023

[Our Guest Writer, Scott Jones, is a Bellingham resident along with his family.  He is President of ...

7 comments, most recent 6 months ago

Proposed Congressional Gold Medal For The Donut Dollies Gets a Boost

By Dick Conoboy • On Sep 24, 2023

The President of the American Red Cross has come out in support of the Gold Medal for the Dollies who served in Vietnam

A Tribute to Wendy Harris

By NWCitizen Management • On Sep 05, 2023

We reprint the 2014 speech she gave upon accepting the Paul deArmond Award.

6 comments, most recent 7 months ago

Getting What You Pay For

By Jon Humphrey • On Aug 28, 2023

$3.5 million Point Roberts Broadband project: is it worth it?

1 comment, most recent 6 months ago

Renewed Push for a National Infrastructure Bank

By Dick Conoboy • On Jul 28, 2023

This legislation calls for a $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank that will finance the nation’s infrastructure needs without involving the budget or adding to the national debt.

4 comments, most recent 7 months ago

Candidate Statement: Katherine Orlowski for County Council District 4

By Candidate • On Jul 28, 2023

Whatcom County Council District 4 position is voted for only by those living in the 4th District, the center of the county including Lynden.

1 comment, most recent 8 months ago

Candidate statement: Sukhwant Gill for County Executive

By Candidate • On Jul 24, 2023

Whatcom County Executive election, voted on by all residents of our county

Candidate Statement: Atul Deshmane for County Council

By Candidate • On Jul 14, 2023

Whatcom County Council At Large position, voted on by all residents of the county.

Support Russ Whidbee For City Council At-Large

By Dick Conoboy • On Jul 07, 2023

Experience counts.

3 comments, most recent 7 months ago

Flippin’ CityView

By Dick Conoboy • On Jun 29, 2023

The developer, who bought the property to build the private student dormitory, CityView, now has a very, very large white elephant on his hands.

3 comments, most recent 9 months ago

Define “Mandate”

By David Netboy • On Jun 15, 2023

The Port contends it is mandated to increase revenue and jobs for the Port. But just what does that mean?

18 comments, most recent 9 months ago

Candidate statement: Garrett O’Brien for Bellingham City Council

By Candidate • On Jun 11, 2023

Bellingham City Council, At Large position, voted on by all residents of Bellingham.

Candidate statement: Riley Sweeney for Meridian School Board

By Candidate • On May 31, 2023

Meridian School Board election, position 5

Donut Dollies In Vietnam - Three Did Not Come Home Alive

By Dick Conoboy • On May 22, 2023

They died in Vietnam supporting and entertaining the troops. Memorial Day is for them too. So is a Congressional Gold Medal.

Letter: The Ethics of Incarceration

By Letter Writer • On May 19, 2023

Anika Sirois comments on the idea of a new jail for Whatcom County

National Infrastructure Bank…And The State Of Washington

By Dick Conoboy • On May 14, 2023

The state of Washington has much to gain by the passage of a bill that will provide for $5 trillion to finance infrastructure nationwide.

3 comments, most recent 10 months ago

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