Recent NWCitizen Articles

Your Traditional Medicare And Private Contractors in 2026
By Dick Conoboy · Mon Jan 12, 2026
Like it or not, if you are in Traditional Medicare in the State of Washington you are now under the WISeR Model run by a private entity.
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4 min read · 11 comments, most recent 3 days ago
Downtown Bellingham
By Dick Conoboy · Fri Dec 26, 2025
3 min read · 9 comments, most recent 3 days ago
Humanomics 101
By Carol Follett · Sat Dec 20, 2025
3 min read · 4 comments, most recent 3 weeks ago
3 min read · 2 comments, most recent 2 weeks ago
Walker Report on the Nooksack River
By James Davenport · Tue Dec 16, 2025
This is the third in a series of three articles relevant to the pending adjudication.
7 min read · 5 comments, most recent 3 weeks ago
The Spirit of Dialogue
By James Davenport · Mon Dec 8, 2025
Second in a series on the possible change of water rights in Whatcom County
3 min read · 2 comments, most recent 4 weeks ago
The Public Trust Doctrine
By James Davenport · Mon Dec 1, 2025
First in a series on possible changes to water rights that will impact Whatcom County.
3 min read · 7 comments, most recent 5 weeks ago
Mud Bay: A Tragedy of the Commons?
By 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.
2 min read · 4 comments, most recent 7 weeks ago
Oaths of Office Considered On Veterans Day 2025
By Dick Conoboy · Sat Nov 8, 2025
So that we all understand the military oaths and that there should be no confusion.
1 min read · 5 comments
Medicare (Dis)Advantage Open Season...Yet Again
By 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.
3 min read · 3 comments
Notes on election issues and candidates
By John Servais · Thu Oct 30, 2025
With just 5 days until election day, here are some notes that may help you with your ballot.
5 min read · 12 comments
Charter Amendments for Whatcom County
By John Servais · Tue Oct 28, 2025
Yes, voting recommendations for those 12 proposed amendments to our Home Rule Charter.
4 min read · 7 comments
Veterans Administration Boasts About Disability Claims Don't Pass The Smell Test
By 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.
3 min read · 1 comment
National Infrastructure Bank Bill Reintroduced Into The House
By 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.
2 min read · 2 comments
Northwest Citizen: A Community Commitment
By NWCitizen Management · Mon Oct 20, 2025
Maintenance, upgrades, tweaks, and unintended consequences
1 min read
No Kings in Bellingham
By Carol Follett · Sun Oct 19, 2025
A perspective on the Oct 18 No Kings protest.
4 min read · 7 comments
ICE: Trump's Brownshirts
By David A. Swanson · Fri Oct 17, 2025
Thugs are thugs, regardless of what they’re wearing.
2 min read · 10 comments
Vote NO On 8201
By 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
3 min read · 6 comments
Bellingham By the Numbers
By Jon Humphrey · Fri Oct 10, 2025
When you look at government statistics, we’re not doing so great. What’s going on here?
3 min read · 1 comment

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