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Letters to the Editor – June 29, 2022
Medicare privatization schemes must be halted Editor, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans make promises to keep people healthy but when illness strikes claims are often denied, specialists ...
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 ...
To honor Nooksack heritage
“When did you move to Lynden?” is a question we locals often ask when we meet a person for the first time. Whether your answer is “My family has been here 100 years and I went ...
Negligence, lack of caring delay flood resolution
I’d like to invite the gentleman from Lynden who stated in his article recently about several articles being “written by dredging machinery manufactures” to my house for a cup ...
Letter to the Editor – May 25, 2022
A church service filled with hope Editor, On May 29, this coming Sunday, there is a Sunday church service happening at 9:30 a.m. at Valley Church, 904 Nooksack Ave. Everyone is welcome. ...
