A Blaine family dealing with a daughter’s serious illness got a surprise recently when the Gear Heads of Whatcom County presented them with their own car – running again and spotless.

Seattle-based shipping terminal company SSA Marine has been fined for clearing trees and grading dirt roads through environmentally sensitive areas at the Cherry Point site.

Capping nearly four months of deliberation, Blaine City Council has approved a ward redistricting plan that will take effect in time for the November general election.

A Lynden man convicted of incapacitating the pilot of a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter with a handheld spotlight was sentenced on August 4.

The Blaine Family Services Center will distribute school supplies to students and families in need of assistance again this year, and donations are still needed to ensure enough supplies for all.

Fire crews responded to a fire that had heavily damaged an RV and nearby manufactured home in Birch Bay late last week.

Whatcom County road maintenance crews will be out this Thursday and Friday chipsealing several roads in the Blaine area.

Find Your Fashion owner Barb Scoggins shows off some of the clothing for sale at her Ferndale store.

The Haynie Opry is wrapping up its season with a bang this weekend with its last three shows.

One of the world’s most technologically advanced floating nautical survey platforms has been anchored off Birch Bay for the past few weeks collecting data to update national nautical charts.

Relief from long-standing flooding and drainage issues is within sight for the residents of the Charel Terrace area of Birch Point after a Whatcom County Council vote this week.

Police reports from the Blaine Police Department for July 27 through August 3, 2011

Dozens turned out for SnipFest, a benefit music festival for WeSNIP, the Whatcom Education, Spay and Neuter Program. The event garnered $4,000 for WeSNIP.

Pirates and other seafarers turned out in droves for Drayton Harbor Days over the weekend.

A California-based landowner has submitted an application to Whatcom County Planning and Development Services (PDS) to subdivide a parcel of land in east Birch Bay to make room for a 97-lot, single-family residential development called Birch Bay Meadows.