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GUEST OPINION: Internal emails show Ecology opposed Whatcom water settlement effort
Despite growing calls for community collaboration to address the evolving water crisis in Whatcom County, documents reveal the Washington Department of Ecology already in late 2020 ...
GUEST OPINION: Plan for a lifetime of income
Do you want your retirement savings to outlive you? June is Annuity Awareness Month. With an annuity, your retirement savings can provide a lifetime of income. Annuities offer great ...
Letters to the Editor — June 22, 2022
Editor’s note: The author of the June 15 letter in the Ferndale Record titled “Ferndale deserves better” made inaccurate statements about late Sen. Douglas Ericksen. According ...
Man-made laws are just that
Man-made laws are just that. Man-made. Our man-made laws must be refined just as gold is refined in the fire to become purer. Some of them must be changed. Others must be removed ...
Letters to the Editor: June 15, 2022
Gas tax cut Editor, Did you know that Sen. Simon Sefzik (R-42nd District) proposed Bill 5897 in the Senate chambers on March 8? The bill would have suspended the gas tax for the rest ...
Honoring Sen. Doug Ericksen
A year from now politicians will stand atop a bridge as Ferndale’s mayor cuts a ribbon to mark the opening of the Thornton Overpass — providing a quick way for half of Ferndale ...
Wise people needed to solve problems
Once again rain has poured down, saturating the ground and raising the water level in creeks and rivers including the Nooksack River. To some this means nothing but to those affected ...
Solutions table has been tabled
The continuing saga of flood mitigation without dredging is endless and tortuous. Apparently the term mitigation is not about solutions. It is about maintaining the problem so that ...
Letters to the Editor – June 1, 2022
From little somethings to big somethings Editor, It’s been several days since the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and most of us have moved on to more parochial, immediate ...
