Latest Opinion

A vaccine today shortens the stay (of COVID-19)

Marta Kazymyra for the Lynden Tribune I am a retired physician who worked for 42 years in Blaine, and before that, I practiced for three years in Canada. Given the current crisis, I ...

Vaccinations improve health, employment

By Don Brunell It is not surprising that COVID-19 which ravaged the world was disastrous for our country’s economy. Millions died from COVID complications; offices, stores and factories ...

Country Life: Benchmark milk price down 75 cents

By Lee Mielke for the Lynden Tribune The Agriculture Department announced the August Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $15.95 per hundredweight (cwt.), down 54 cents from ...

Small business advertising would boost local economies

By Brett Wesner   A little-noticed initiative by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, and six other senators would boost local jobs, accelerate sales and improve economies.   The ...

Letters to the Editor — Aug. 18, 2021

Making kids wear masks ‘not good science’ Editor,   Around 200 people attended the last school board meeting giving a resounding “no” to a mask mandate.   Teachers reported ...

Stop, rethink state’s long term care law

By Don C. Brunell   Time is short, but action is necessary. Gov. Jay Inslee and Democrats who control the state legislature need to postpone implementing the sweeping “Long-Term ...

Letters to the Editor — Aug. 4, 2021

Community service through Lions Club Editor,   The article “Newcomers’ guide to Lynden” offered up several interesting ideas for new arrivals.   As a new arrival myself, ...

Don’t get scammed

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] For about 19 hours last Monday, our dog, Sami, was missing. She managed to open a screen door and hop a fence at my wife’s parents’ place ...

Reclaiming normal through old-time baseball

By Bill Helm What if? That’s the phrase all greatness came from. Without ‘what if,’ today’s automobile might still look the way it did at the turn of the previous century. Computers ...

Letters to the Editor — July 28, 2021

Students not facing implementation of critical race theory Editor,   I hope this letter reaches the public before votes are cast in this primary. If not, then I hope you didn’t ...