Thu, Aug 30, 2007
DOTto resume night-time pavement cutting
Residentsalong State Route 543 will once again have to endure24-hour construction noise as loud as a close-up blenderbeginning September 4, state Department...
Thu, Aug 23, 2007
Tacklinga surge of applications, CBP takes NEXUS online
Tacklinga wave of renewals and predicting a surge in applications,U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has taken theNEXUS application process online...
The library is no longermerely a repository and lender of books. Neither does itsolely deal with the circulation of more recent technologicalitems like...
Newcaboose business features simple Italian fare
Blaine’shistoric red caboose is back in business with new ownersand a new menu.
Parkoffers a variety of summer interpretive programs
Birch BayState Park is offering several fun interpretive programfrom now until the end of September. The programs are coordinatedby the Friends of Birch...
SardisRaptor Center obtains ‘unusual’ falcon
Sardis Raptor Center on Valley ViewRoad in Custer obtained an unusual Peregrine falcon lastwinter, and has begun showing it at their “Huntersof the...
Hawley first in primary election
Co-managementof elk populations benefits everyone
The planned harvest this fall of30 surplus bull elk from the Nooksack herd clearly showshow tribal and state co-management of the region’snatural...
DOEseeks public comment on e-waste regulations
The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE)is seeking public comment on a second set of proposed rules regardingthe state’s new electronic recycling...
Volunteerssought for clam survey
TheWhatcom County Marine Resources Committee is lookingfor volunteers for its first post clam-seeding surveyscheduled for September 8.
DakotaCreek bridge a 34.85 on sufficiency rating
The Dakota Creek bridge in Blaineis one of two Whatcom County bridges classified as structurallydeficient by Washington State Department of Transportation...
BirchBay defines area for incorporation study
BirchBay residents can get involved in deciding the detailsof a possible incorporation with a series of meetingsscheduled over the next five months.
Thu, Aug 16, 2007
The Blaine Senior Center seniors had a really great timeon August 8. The ideal weather and the lovely Hovander Homestead Parkmade for an ideal setting ...
Staggadds new organ to instrument collection
Don Stagg’scollection of keyboards grew by one last winter when aWhatcom County family gave him a piano case reed organ,something that’sso ...
Candidatesinvited to file for council vacancy
County Auditor Shirley Forslofsaid that there will be a special filing period to fillBruce Wolf’s unexpired term because his resignationcame just...
Bellingham woman joins state in ‘Morning After’ suit
A Western Washington Universitystudent is one of several individuals to join the stateof Washington in a lawsuit to defend new rules requiringpharmacies...
Californiantransplants want to be Washingtonians, too
My mother likes to tell storiesof my obnoxious childhood attitude to everyone and everythingthat moves.
Public hearing set on developer fee deferralBlaine City Council, in their regular meeting Monday, voted 6-0 to schedulea public hearing to discuss a possible...
Publiccomment on hearing examiner sought
Blaineresidents concerned about a new proposal to delegatecertain land-use decisions to the city hearing examinercan submit their written comments to the...
Wolfresigns from council, cites cancer diagnosis
The Blaine City Council’ssecond ward representative Bruce Wolf resigned at the beginningof Monday night’s regular council meeting, citinga ...
DHSmay halt passport req’s until June 2009
TheDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking publiccomments for an extension of the passport requirementimplementation scheduled to begin as early...
Thu, Aug 9, 2007
Herb and Shirley Leu stillcan’t finish their yard on 99th Avenue as theirdispute continues with the International Boundary Commission(IBC) over the...
Sharon Roy diesFormer Whatcom County Councilmember and Blaine-area nativeSharon Roy died Tuesday from cancer. She served on thecouncil from 2002 to 2005...
Ourspecies has developed monstrous weapons that can kill not only allof us but everything else on the planet, yet when the wind rises we runfor cover, ...
Threevie to be fire commissioner
Theonly contest in the August 21 primary election for votersin Blaine and Birch Bay is for a seat on the North WhatcomFire and Rescue Services (NWFRS) ...
BirchBay watershed facing environmental decay
The health of the Terrell Creekmay have improved, but the Birch Bay and Terrell Creekwatershed is facing serious threats, according to a recentstudy released...
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