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Guest Commentaries

Inmates move pantry items through the first floor of the Whatcom County jail in November 2022.
Guest Commentaries

This time, jail replacement process is sound

New facility must fit with justice system realities
April 28, 2023 5:00 a.m.
A photo through the window looking into where inmates are kept. There are phones on the walls on the right, a table with chairs in the center, and red stairways that lead to the green doors hosting cells.
Guest Commentaries

Digging deeper on Whatcom jail questions

Let's take a broader look to 'build for the future'
April 21, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Five metal bunkbeds crowd a dark room in a jail.
Guest Commentaries

Take a broader look at the need for a bigger jail

'Diversion alone will not curb incarceration'
April 14, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Guest Commentaries

Keeping our communities safe

Police pursuit reform bill gets bipartisan push
April 13, 2023 3:43 p.m.
Guest Commentaries

Whatcom could be first to eliminate kidney waitlist

Gift of life: Let's make it our moonshot
April 7, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Water floods Iowa Street below Interstate 5 in Bellingham in November 2021. A Washington state House bill would establish a state emergency medical reserve corps. The network of volunteers could be deployed to respond to natural disasters
Guest Commentaries

Washington needs an emergency medical reserve corps

Bill allows reserves to step in, step up to disasters
April 3, 2023 1:30 p.m.
Guest Commentaries

Allow DNR to tap into new carbon exchange

Law would allow public sale of sequestration instead of trees, gravel
March 31, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Guest Commentaries

Fatal accident illustrates stakes in police-pursuit law reform

A 'preventable' tragedy cries out for action
March 28, 2023 5:00 a.m.
An aerial view of Middle Fork Nooksack Dam surrounded by dense forests.
Guest Commentaries

Go figure: A dam removal, followed by clearcut?

Middle Fork's 'Brokedown Palace' stand should remain standing
March 10, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Guest writer Abe Jacobson's analysis of meeting attendance patterns of Whatcom County Council members.
Guest Commentaries

A Whatcom County Council member MIA 84% of the time

Local reps' 'attendance' spotty at best
March 3, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Guest Commentaries

Shewmake: We can deliver on affordable housing

Time for citizen voices to be heard
Feb. 28, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Guest Commentaries

Young Americans deserve our support

Traditional Medicare must be preserved for them
Feb. 10, 2023 5:00 a.m.

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