Recent NWCitizen Articles

By Bill Geyer. South Bellingham citizens vote over the next couple weeks on a self tax to form a park district and pay the Chuckanut Ridge debt.
Links to a few noteworthy GPT scoping comments .
Riley looks into Ericksen’s legislative efforts this session
A proposed amendment to the Lake Whatcom watershed moratorium will increase water quality degradation
A digression from politics. Checking with Green Bay relatives turns up an unexpected hope by fans there.
Tim Johnson writes about the first recipient of the Paul deArmond Citizen Journalism award, Whatcom County writer Wendy Harris.
Watch the Whatcom County Council wiggle its way out of the latest round of GMA compliance requirements for Lake Whatcom
Council majority willing to spend, and spend, and spend public funds defending development rights
A needed correction and apology for an error in a story that has been pulled.
A comparison of U.S. and Canadian attitudes and policies for taxes and fiscal integrity. By a Canadian citizen.
The Tunnel Creek avalanche and three skiers’ deaths last February was a confusing tragedy. Experts killed. How did it happen?
A dramatic video of yet another mudslide near Everett - and what will be coming down on coal trains. Amtrak service to Bellingham is shut down.
If you or a friend are in foreclosure, or an attorney defending someone, then hopefully you already know about this. If not… here it is.
Per capita, Washington is one of the top states nationwide for providing private business incentives.
A giant coal freighter went right through the long dock early Friday morning. Nothing in print edition of Herald
Wherein citizens must hold their representatives’ feet to the fire
An Ineffective Starling Control Contract That Provides A Subsidy To Farmers Should Be Removed From the County Council Budget
The proposal to allow slaughterhouses and rendering plants in the agriculture zone ignores nearby, and more appropriate, rural industrial zoning.
Hoss Unplugged, November 30 will Honk the York Neighborhood’s Tonk
Wherein that local political junkie, Riley Sweeney, has written up a comprehensive analysis of 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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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