Blaine soccer, baseball start season hot

Baseball Borderite baseball started off the season with a pair of blowout wins, defeating Burlington-Edison 15-2 on March 8 and University Prep 15-4 on March 11. The Borderites’ bats …

Wings Over Water festival this weekend

Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival is taking over Blaine and Birch Bay for the 21st annual weekend event Friday, March 15 through Sunday, March 17. The festival will have free events …
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Blaine chamber to host downtown block party The Blaine Chamber of Commerce has announced that it will move Oysterfest from May to October and replace the festival with a new spring block party …
Daniel Heverling resigned as the city of Blaine’s finance director.
Blaine finance director resigns
The city of Blaine’s finance director Dan Heverling resigned from his position at the end of February. Karla Flaming, the department’s senior accountant, will serve as interim …
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City of Blaine has new number for utility emergencies
The city of Blaine has switched to using a new emergency contact number for city government-related emergencies, including power outages, water leaks and sewer overflows.  City staff …
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42nd legislative district bills are sent to governor’s desk

A number of bills from 42nd legislative district state representatives Joe Timmons and Alicia Rule and senator Sharon Shewmake passed both chambers of the state legislature, and now are either …

2024 WA presidential primary results are in

The Washington Secretary of State Office released the first count of ballots from the March 12 Presidential Primary, with voters showing overwhelming support for incumbent President Joe Biden as the …
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Clocks are set to “spring forward,” the bite of winter wind is beginning to subside, and the sun is finally staying out longer and longer. The spring sports season has arrived for the …
A report into a slide malfunction at Birch Bay Waterslides that seriously injured a man while going down the Hairpin slide last August cites multiple instances of incomplete or missing maintenance …
Here’s an overall look of upcoming activities at the 21st annual Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival, Friday, March 15 to Sunday, March 17 in Blaine, Semiahmoo and Birch Bay. Some …
Book news...
A book analyzing Washington and B.C. residents’ views of the U.S./Canada border just before the pandemic has been released. Author Pierre-Alexandre Beylier, a former fellow at Border …
Like the joy of freshly baked bread, “Sourdough” is a warm and comforting read.   Satire traditionally employs irony and exaggeration to humorously point out social and …
In “Boys in the Boat,” rower Joe Rantz recalls a monumental time in his life. It’s 1936 in Seattle. Joe needs to do something quickly to stay at the University of Washington to …
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