Recent NWCitizen Articles

Will our declining birth rates be the end of us? Or will it be something quicker?
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.

Kris Keillor

Commenting Since Jan 10, 2021
I'm trying to put down roots in Bellingham. As a junior studying Electrical Engineering at Western, I am very interested in signals and systems -- how to model, create, and shape the motion of our world. I hope to develop modular communications systems using RISC-V instructions and build them in Bellingham. My father retired as an Air Force Lt. Colonial after being stationed with his family all across the country and world. This gave me a unique perspective on many cultures and drive to serve and experience life. A call I answered by volunteering with AmeriCorps FEMA Corps, Team Rubicon, All Hands & Hearts, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, and the Bellingham MakerSpace. I actively engage with civic politics, despite its weariness. I'm under pressure from Covid-19, my engineering course load, and entrepreneurship in greater Whatcom County. I appreciate your understanding as we work to grow roots together in Bellingham's beautiful community. Keep wearing masks, physically distancing, and thanking our essential & provisional workers!

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