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Michael Riordan and Elisabeth Britt are both regular writers for Northwest Citizen. They each write articles as individuals and also collaborate on some articles.
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Just as hard-working Whatcom County voters are returning their primary ballots, State Senator Doug Ericksen and Representative Vincent Buys are half a world away in Cambodia on another unofficial junket, [...]
In January, state Senator Doug Ericksen and former Senator Don Benton left Washington state for the nation’s capital with high hopes of playing major roles in revamping the U.[...]
Rud Browne’s antics during the selection of Liz Lovelett for state Senator was only the latest weird act during his first year of his second term on the Whatcom County Council.
3 comments, most recent 5 days agoOfficials from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties met Tuesday in Mount Vernon to appoint Liz Lovelett as state senator.
2 comments, most recent 6 days agoBellingham Public Schools staff Greg Baker and Ron Cowan display contempt for public involvement, the environment, and public disclosure with the bus barn issue on Whatcom Creek.
15 comments, most recent 1 week agoRe-imagining Bellingham’s Waterfront
14 comments, most recent 3 weeks agoApproved by the City of Bellingham, a temporary tent encampment called Winter Haven will be operated by non-profit HomesNOW! through early April 2019.
16 comments, most recent 4 weeks agoProof that the COB is in bed with big telecoms. Here is an inappropriate COB Dig Once Policy that creates pathways for corporate welfare/abuse of the community.
Bellingham’s ban on consumer fireworks is simple. Fireworks are illegal. No time outs for holidays. And don’t forget the troops!
Our state treasurer is either extremely ignorant about public banking or openly shilling for corporate banks at the expense of citizens.
Jason Hickel asks “Can we have perpetual growth AND a healthy ecology?”
2 comments, most recent 1 month agoAlex McLean, who has served 6 years on the Greenway Advisory Committee, exposes Mayor Kelli Linville’s disdain for the community elected Greenways program.
22 comments, most recent 1 month agoIs it possible to even know where we are on climate change? Or is it too late already?
The first of a set of articles outlining the process for a working-class family in Bellingham to try and fight our unfair housing values and the taxes linked to them.
13 comments, most recent 1 month agoWith the growth of commercial facilities, the number of risks and points of conflict for traffic and pedestrians have increase substantially.
4 comments, most recent 1 month agoFor months, Gene Knutson has seriously considered running for mayor. He has decided against it. The 2019 Bellingham mayor’s election continues to churn.
13 comments, most recent 2 months agoA brief overview of radiofrequency (RF) exposure tests taken in Bellingham at two locations.
3 comments, most recent 2 months agoThe brewery management announced at a Sunnyland Neighborhood meeting it will stop the outside music until issues around the noise ordinance are resolved.
18 comments, most recent 2 months agoCalls to 911 are failing to stem the noise emanating from the Twin Sisters Brewery.
18 comments, most recent 3 months agoMeeting details about the existing public fiber-optic network with Eric Johnston and other COB officials for details they’re unnecessarily withholding.
8 comments, most recent 3 months agoOur running several day posting and comments on the election.
1 comment, most recent 3 months agoJustice reform will only come with the election of James Erb. Because Eric Richey has been a leader in the oppressive prosecutors practices for 10 years.
6 comments, most recent 3 months ago
