Recent NWCitizen Articles

PeaceHealth Asks Doctors to Sign Letter
John Servais · Thu Apr 2, 2020
Dr. Anna Dowling, chief of staff at St Joseph Hospital, is asking all doctors to sign a letter for public release, generally stating the hospital is doing everything correctly.
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It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
Ho See-Wing · Wed Apr 1, 2020
Ho See-wing brings a world traveler perspective to our national and local response to the Coronavirus and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Forecasting the COVID-19 Surge Peak in Whatcom County
David A. Swanson · Mon Mar 30, 2020
Immediate action needed to avoid overwhelming peak of COVID-19 cases by April 25th in Whatcom County
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Dr Lin fired from St Joseph Hospital
John Servais · Fri Mar 27, 2020
Update: We link to the video he has posted on YouTube. Dr Lin showed up for work and was promptly walked off the hospital campus. He is fired from his job as an ER doctor.
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Boots on the ground at St. Joseph Hospital
John Servais · Wed Mar 25, 2020
Dr. Lin has returned to Bellingham’s St. Joseph Hospital and continues to give us his personal views on how the hospital is meeting the coronavirus epidemic.
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Faces of Health Care
John Servais · Wed Mar 25, 2020
Faces of heros and those taking high risks. Health care workers are vital to our country as soldiers, police and fire fighters.
Down the Memory Hole
John Servais · Wed Mar 25, 2020
We try to prevent the disturbance at Monday’s Bellingham City Council meeting from going down the memory hole.
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Close The Bellingham Parks…NOW!
Dick Conoboy · Mon Mar 23, 2020
It is time to get serious about social distancing and public safety in the face of the COVID-19 virus. Half measures will not work.
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Three ways to cover a whistleblower story
John Servais · Fri Mar 20, 2020
How the Seattle Times, Bellingham Herald and this site, NWCitizen, reported on the issues raised in Dr. Ming Lin’s letter to Charles Prosper, the CMO of PeaceHealth.
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Doctor Lin’s Letter
John Servais · Wed Mar 18, 2020
Updated Sat, Mar 21: Dr. Ming Lin, a doctor at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, wrote a letter to Charles Prosper, the chief managing officer of PeaceHealth.
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Imagine a World…
Larry Horowitz · Wed Mar 18, 2020
An anonymous author imagines a better world where we are truly free
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Update on Protection for the Post Point Great Blue Heron Colony
Jamie K. Donaldson · Fri Mar 13, 2020
Jamie K writes a brief article for us on the herons. Amongst all our human travails, we need to still protect our natural environment.
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Sex Education sends Republicans into Panic
· Thu Mar 12, 2020
Van Werven, Ericksen play electoral politics with children’s health. Republican state representatives and senators pretend outrage as Governor Inslee prepares to sign sex education bill.
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Sehome Neighborhood Meeting Sheds Light On Rental Housing
Dianne Foster · Fri Mar 6, 2020
Various topics discussed at the neighborhood meeting but renters’ complaints dominated the agenda.
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Interim Public Works Director Forbids Climate & Energy Manager Discussing Telecom and Dig Once
Jon Humphrey · Fri Mar 6, 2020
The city has muzzled its new climate and energy manager and its Climate Action Task Force. Why?
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Michael Riordan in Seattle Times
John Servais · Thu Mar 5, 2020
A critical look at how the Trump regime is mis-handling the coronavirus outbreak. NW Citizen writer Michael Riordan has an opinion piece in the Seattle Times.
Ranked-Choice Voting supported by Bellingham City Council
Stoney Bird · Wed Mar 4, 2020
Stoney explains the what, why and how of what may be a much better method of electing our representatives and leaders.
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City Council Resolution Supports A Washington Public Bank
Dick Conoboy · Thu Feb 27, 2020
Bellingham becomes the first government in Whatcom County to formally support the creation of a public bank in Washington.
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Density Allowances for CityView Development Challenged
Dick Conoboy · Fri Feb 14, 2020
Density calculations for the property known as Tract F of the Hawley property are not supported by the record.
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