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Letters to the Editor – June 28, 2023
Letter: Minimum wage and cap on hospital executive pay Editor, Income inequality plays a role in the Bellingham minimum wage Initiative 1 which qualified for the Nov. 7 ballot, and ...
GUEST OPINION: Government hypocrisy during pandemic aftermath
By Gerald Hulbert Epoch Times features an interesting article by Joshua Phillips (ET, May 17-23, 2023, A14) revealing that top government officials (including Canada’s) have tried ...
Letters to the Editor – June 21, 2023
Letter: More productive to work together Editor, I would like to respond to the comments in the letter to the editor section of the June 14, 2023 issue about Homestead golf course. ...
Guest Opinion: Parents ‘have the right to know’
In last week’s paper, the Ferndale Record reported about a Ferndale School Board director who violated the Board’s code of conduct. The actions of Director Melinda Cool were not ...
Letters to the Editor — June 7, 2023
Please stop this lawsuit Editor, My name is Annetta Small, and we live in Fieldstone Loop on the 10th fairway. We have resided here since 2012. It is time to end this lawsuit. We have ...
At the very least, we all deserve to live
In spring 2016, I was finishing my first year at WCC. I took a class called Gender and Literature to fill out English credits. When the professor showed us the 1990 documentary Paris ...
Guest Opinion: Demolishing Northwest Annex would be a tragic loss
I am a professional historian who has studied the former Whatcom County Poor Farm extensively. The Farm’s main building, now Northwest Annex, is a deeply significant historic resource ...
Guest Opinion: Healing homelessness in Whatcom County
A year and a half ago my best friend from high school overdosed a couple blocks from my office in downtown Bellingham. A year ago, my little sister took her own life, leaving a 1- and ...
Guest Opinion: Veterans in rural areas need improved access to care
It is estimated that approximately 25% of U.S. military veterans live in rural areas. They often face numerous challenges, which include limited local resources for support. Rural communities ...
Guest Opinion: Whatcom ‘home to managed, working forests’
Whatcom County is fortunate to have working forests managed under the strictest environmental laws and regulations and the most advanced forest practices in the world. Our working state ...