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Blaine city utility bills will be going down again inOctober after city council gave the go ahead to pass alonga decrease in the wholesale power rate from...
HomeImprovementSimplifying your approach...
Doyou have a part of your living space that just doesn’tseem to fit? Perhaps it’s a room in your house orapartment that always seems to be ...
Forthat fleeting moment in time...
Thesecond annual Smuggler’s Inn B&B Art Contestis under way this month and, according to innkeeper Bob Boule,over 30 artists have entered original...
Pluckydriver defies gun-wielding car thief
A 16-year-oldis being held in the Whatcom County Jail after trying tosteal a car last Wednesday afternoon, September 29, inBlaine from a Canadian driver...
Graba lifeline
Residents living in and around the Blaine community canbe screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke. LifeLine Screening will be at the Blaine senior...
Takinga different approach...
WhenDoug Knapp injured his back working in a warehouse 10years ago, physicians told him he’d need at leastsix months to heal. But following therapy...
Signof the times
RandyBryson, proprietor of the new sign shop in the BlaineInternational mall called Blaine Signs, will tell youwith a good-natured grin that he left what...
InternationalPeace Arch celebration to be held this Saturday
Theannual Dedication Day celebration at the Peace Arch takesplace this Saturday, September 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. inPeace Arch State Park. Sponsored by the...
TheSmiths do Tanzania in humanitarian style
Mikeand Paula Smith live in Blaine, but for the third timein four years they’ve been vacationing in Tanzania.Well, not exactly vacationing. They ...
Stategetting ready for SR 543 upgrade
TheWashington State Department of Transportation (DOT) hasbegun drilling test holes at the corner of D Street andthe truck route (Highway 543) in preparation...
Studentlands plane upside down in harbor
Flightinstructor Tyler Glahn, 20, of Blaine and his student,50-year-old John Becker of Eastsound, were injured Fridayevening when a Piper Cub floatplane...
Countypromises more clean water money
WhatcomCounty Executive Pete Kremen has pledged to include fundingfor shellfish protection in his 2005 budget proposalto county council, money the local...
Borderitesblow by Wolves in first win since 2001
The Borderites used a surprising big play offense andsuffocating rushing defense last Friday night at home tobeat the Coupeville Wolves 33-15 for their...
Turnoff the TV and watch the WASLs soar!
“Turn off the TV!” said Blaine school district’sassessment director Deb Cummings in speaking of ways parentscan help raise student test...
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Police Report -- September 09, 2004
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Sports -- September 09, 2004