Recent NWCitizen Articles

30 Years Later, Port OKs Commission Expansion Vote - but maybe with a poison pill
There is a "pilot" program, about to be in effect in six states, to reduce costs by requiring prior authorization for procedures for Traditional Medicare patients.
Long awaited and much needed, this busy intersection will finally have some concrete guidance for drivers.
Planning Commission member and voice for the city’s low-income, Barbara Plaskett, was a shoe-in for a second term—until three city council members sank her. What did she do “wrong?”
The willingness, the capability, the persistence, and the unmitigated gall to scam our veterans knows no bounds.
Visit a military cemetery. The soldiers are talking to us.
Oxygen levels in Lake Whatcom are dangerously low.
“Opinions don’t affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you’re rational.”—Ricky Gervais
Elon Musk could easily reclaim several hundred billion dollars by attacking fraud, waste, and abuse within the Medicare (Dis)Advantage program.
A critique of Andrew Reding's public and political actions as he prepares to run for a seat on the Bellingham City Council.
Bellingham needs a new approach to low cost housing.
A bi-partisan bill to honor the Vietnam service of the Red Cross Donut Dollies was reintroduced by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) on March 11th.
Now that I think of it, half of Medicare has already been privatized under Bush, Obama, Trump 45, and Biden.
Thanks to Jon Humphrey, our community knows more about public fiber than most. Unfortunately, it hasn’t helped us.
It is about “having the six”* of your fellow veterans.
New 33-unit project makes matters worse

James Colter

Commenting Since Jul 15, 2017
My working life as a small business owner revolved around construction services and technology for many years. After re-locating to Blaine, WA in 2009 and seeing their Peace Arch State Park; I recognized an opportunity to organize a music festival and picnic that celebrates family and our active duty hero’s in uniform. Oh Yeah ... you can count on my sense of humor to put a smile on your face; quick wit, a little irreverent, sarcastic but not to the extreme, mostly appropriate in mixed company.

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