Recent NWCitizen Articles

The Public Trust Doctrine
James Davenport · Mon Dec 1, 2025
First in a series on possible changes to water rights that will impact Whatcom County.
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Mud Bay: A Tragedy of the Commons?
Janet Migaki · Sun Nov 23, 2025
This is an update of a NorthwestCitizen article, “What Is the City of Bellingham Hiding?” published on Oct 1, 2025.
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Oaths of Office Considered On Veterans Day 2025
Dick Conoboy · Sat Nov 8, 2025
So that we all understand the military oaths and that there should be no confusion.
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Medicare (Dis)Advantage Open Season...Yet Again
Dick Conoboy · Sat Nov 1, 2025
The choice of plans is yours, but it's akin to playing Russian Roulette with a round in every chamber.
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Notes on election issues and candidates
John Servais · Thu Oct 30, 2025
With just 5 days until election day, here are some notes that may help you with your ballot.
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Charter Amendments for Whatcom County
John Servais · Tue Oct 28, 2025
Yes, voting recommendations for those 12 proposed amendments to our Home Rule Charter.
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Veterans Administration Boasts About Disability Claims Don't Pass The Smell Test
Dick Conoboy · Fri Oct 24, 2025
An increase in "provisional" approvals for disability may be the reason for the VA's so-called surge in "completed" disability claims.
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National Infrastructure Bank Bill Reintroduced Into The House
Dick Conoboy · Tue Oct 21, 2025
HR 5356, to establish a $5 trillion bank to develop infrastructure replaces HR 4052 that was originally submitted to the 118th Congress in 2023.
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Northwest Citizen: A Community Commitment
NWCitizen Management · Mon Oct 20, 2025
Maintenance, upgrades, tweaks, and unintended consequences
No Kings in Bellingham
Carol Follett · Sun Oct 19, 2025
A perspective on the Oct 18 No Kings protest.
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ICE: Trump's Brownshirts
David A. Swanson · Fri Oct 17, 2025
Thugs are thugs, regardless of what they’re wearing.
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Vote NO On 8201
Dick Conoboy · Wed Oct 15, 2025
The resolution would allow the investment of state employee long term care insurance premiums in stocks of private companies
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Bellingham By the Numbers
Jon Humphrey · Fri Oct 10, 2025
When you look at government statistics, we’re not doing so great. What’s going on here?
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Re-Elect Michael Lilliquist
Tip Johnson · Mon Oct 6, 2025
Bellingham 6th Ward city council seat has Michael Lilliquist running for re-election.
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Whatcom County Democratic Party Corruption
John Servais · Sat Oct 4, 2025
Lisa Anderson exposes dishonesty and bias in local Dems candidate endorsement process.
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What Is the City of Bellingham Hiding?
Janet Migaki · Wed Oct 1, 2025
A development on the steep hillsides of Chuckanut Bay - with no environmental study. Really?
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Medicare Advantage As Elder Abuse
Dick Conoboy · Mon Sep 1, 2025
Knowingly encouraging Medicare recipients to move to the confiscatory Medicare (Dis)Advantage is abusive
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WWU: What Could Have Been
John Servais · Sat Aug 30, 2025
It didn’t need to be Town vs. Gown
Fundraising Through Extortion
Jon Humphrey · Wed Aug 27, 2025
Is extortion the new method of fundraising in Bellingham?
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Subdued Excitement? Or...
Lisa E. Papp · Sun Aug 24, 2025
Is Bellingham really The City of Subdued Excitement? Or is it The City of Poor Choices, Pretend Progressives, and Missed Opportunities?
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