How Horizon Bank chose greed over the safety of its community

By Larry Horowitz · Tue Feb 3, 2009

I really pity Horizon Bank’s CEO Rich Jacobson. His predecessor, Laury Evans, sure left him a bad hand to play. Not only is Mr. Jacobson faced with the same loan portfolio problems plaguing mo

By g.h.kirsch · Mon Feb 2, 2009

While it went almost unheralded Friday, Kremen & Co temporarily backed away from their earlier position that driving a road into the forest on Squalicum Mountain, to serve new development in t

Mayor Pike’s finest Auer?

By Larry Horowitz · Sat Jan 31, 2009

When Mayor Pike ran for office, he convinced me and thousands of others that he was truly concerned about the issues that impact those who call Bellingham home. In particular, I believed he would do

From the Pollyanna News Service

By g.h.kirsch · Fri Jan 30, 2009

Parts of the economy are staging a turnaround. While housing and employment numbers tank, the good news is a leading indicator of future economic well being has turned positive.

Away from my us

From the Pollyanna News Service

By g.h.kirsch · Tue Jan 27, 2009

The stock market rallied today after the President, in the role of Commander in Chief, announced the military services will be hiring six hundred thousand to one million in his ongoing effort to stimu

Obama? Oh, bomb ya!

By Tip Johnson · Mon Jan 26, 2009

Welcome to a new era of diplomacy! It may not necessarily be kinder and gentler, but it sure looks like it could be more impersonal. Obama has affirmed the recent military policy of using unmanned dr

Chuckanut Ridge in a nutshell

By Larry Horowitz · Sun Jan 25, 2009

In recent weeks, the Chuckanut Ridge / Greenways 3 mêlée has been blown way out of proportion and has become nothing more than an irritating sideshow. Personally, I am much more interested

Chuckanut Ridge: What Way Forward?

By Tip Johnson · Sun Jan 25, 2009

Any public issue that garners nearly two decades of ardent citizen activism ought to eventually be perceived as significant. But a form of fatigue peculiar to public affairs tends to gradually margina

Spanky Runs for Mayor

By g.h.kirsch · Sat Jan 24, 2009

In this episode, Spanky’s about to create some mischief and mayhem for Mr. Mayor. The City Council made Spanky their official leader and no sooner done than it was said he would not be uncivil like m

Population Projections: A community dialogue hosted by Citizens’ Forum

By Larry Horowitz · Wed Jan 21, 2009

Elected officials will soon be making decisions that will determine how Whatcom County and its cities grow for the next two decades. These decisions will impact our quality of life in ways most of us

Barack Obama is President

By John Servais · Tue Jan 20, 2009

Americans and people all around the world celebrate.

We celebrate that a black man has transcended our national racism. But more than 80% of Americans are excited because we know the illegal

Fleetwood Back ?

By g.h.kirsch · Mon Jan 19, 2009

At large member Seth Fleetwood is contemplating running for reelection to the the county council. Which may mean deciding, running for what.

The two most important rules in politics

Obama: On Shovels, Banks and Wars

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jan 17, 2009

Obama hasn’t any choice but to put “revitalizing the economy” at the top of his agenda. It could be a problem. Sure, everyone wants to keep their jobs or their business. They want to meet their mor

Deconstructing Chuckanut Ridge

By John Servais · Wed Jan 14, 2009

A back room attempt by city staff to sneak the Greenways Plan through city council failed Monday evening. Tuesday evening the mayor got grilled strongly by south side residents about how the process w

Why the Obama/Bush Economic Plan Will Not Work

By Craig Mayberry · Wed Jan 14, 2009

Unemployment is heading up quickly and plans are being laid at the Federal and State level to try to deal with the economic implications. Although details are still sketchy of the Obama/Bush plan, a

The Squalicum Stimulus

By g.h.kirsch · Sun Jan 11, 2009

I’m skeptical of the federal stimulus program. This isn’t to say we don’t need to rescue the economy and take dramatic action. I’m just a pessimist when it comes to the government, given its

Blagojevich: Killed or Captured

By Tip Johnson · Sat Jan 10, 2009

Early in the reign of “W”, following the announcement of his “War on Terra”, we soon became familiar with the now famous phrase, “kill or capture”. It seems significant that it didn’t emerge as “capt

If Darwin Rode a Bike

By Ham Hayes · Sat Jan 10, 2009

There is a lot of grit and fortitude on Bellingham’s streets this winter. Not the grit deposited by COB sanders, but the dedicated bicyclists who ride in rain and snow and dark of night. Some

Council elects Barry Buchanan its President

By John Servais · Tue Jan 6, 2009

Barry Buchanan was elected President of the Bellingham City Council yesterday. You would not know that from the Herald report by Sam Taylor. He missed the most important decision the council

Confidence or Contempt?

By g.h.kirsch · Sun Jan 4, 2009

Yes, that’s them. Our poster boys for term limits; surely prima facie evidence that length in office should never be considered a measure of public service.

If you were unable to find su

What $100 Will Buy

By Deb Gaber · Wed Aug 20, 2014

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This map was published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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