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Letters to the Editor — May 13, 2020

On COVID-19 risk   I think I first learned about the coronavirus from an article in your newspaper. Whoever wrote it was very careful to explain that we shouldn’t worry very much ...

Special interests over reason   Maybe I’m confused, which is definitely possible, but as I see Lynden growing both northward and eastward, will we see a stop to the rampant loss ...

Ericksen: Restart of economy needs to be Job One

‘The COVID response is wreaking havoc,’ he says   OLYMPIA — As the state emerges from its coronavirus shutdown, fixing the state economy needs to be Job One, says state Sen. ...

Van Werven: ‘No such thing as non-essential’

  This is an op-ed piece submitted by 42nd District state Rep. Luanne Van Werven, Republican, of Lynden.   These are tough, heartbreaking times. COVID-19 has completely upended ...

Mutchler weighs in on affordable housing tax

I attended the last City Council meeting (3/2/2020) to hear the North Whatcom Poverty Task Force (NWPTF) report to the City following it’s one-year study of local poverty, its causes ...

Letters to the Editor — Feb. 19, 2020

Supports Hailey’s Law, renewed   Hailey’s Law was passed in response to a 2007 accident caused by a driver who drove drunk twice in one night. After the first DUI arrest, the ...

Letters to the Editor — Feb. 12, 2020

Praising the FHS production of ‘My Fair Lady’   The Ferndale High School theater program is truly a hidden gem. We are very lucky to have the dynamic duo of Rachel Pringle and ...

Letters to the Editor — Jan. 22, 2020

Vote ‘yes’ on two Meridian levies   As a parent whose children have benefited greatly from the education provided at Meridian High School, I am respectfully asking everyone ...

Letters to the Editor — Jan. 31, 2019

Opposed to hate at Christmas time   I rise in response to the letter by Don Starr, of Blaine, that you published in the Lynden Tribune that reached your audience on Christmas Eve ...

Letters to the Editor — Dec. 24, 2019

Thoughts on Donald Trump   The Republican Party certainly has a political anti-Christ in Donald Trump. Problem is that there is no political “Christ.” The party has become a ...