As the holiday season approaches, the Whatcom County chapter of Habitat For Humanity is seeking to finish their latest Blaine home.

As the city of Blaine moves closer to adopting its 2010 budget, Blaine City Council is struggling with details.

Blaine opens the holiday season this year on the first weekend in December with some traditional touches and some new events.

Senior center releases holiday cookbook • Local author hosts book signing Dec. 12 • Gift wrapping event to benefit choir trip • Local stores raise money for food banks

A group of Whatcom County residents have organized a holiday gift drive in honor of Spc. Aaron Aamot, 22, of Custer, and his friend, Gary Gooch, both of whom were killed while serving in Jelewar, Afghanistan.

Vancouver Opera’s Golden Anniversary Season opens with Vincenzo Bellini’s masterpiece, Norma. Performances on November 28, December 1, 3, 5, 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR), the fire protection district that serves Blaine, Birch Bay and rural Lynden, has announced a public hearing to review the proposed 2010 budget.

For the book lovers on your list, a Christmas present extraordinaire – a novel set in Blaine. In Border Songs, author Jim Lynch tells an outstanding story about the once sleepy town, whose main vice was an adult book store.

North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFRS) commissioner Butch Hinchey resigned last month and the search is on for a replacement. Sort of.

Blaine School District's outstanding students of the month

A funny thing happened on the way to the cross country state meet in Pasco earlier this month. Blaine’s team was swept with a sudden epidemic of appendicitis.