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For Chris Hughes and The Firm Real Estate Services, the border closure could not have come at a worse time. Hughes, a real estate agent, had been selling Point Roberts real estate to Canadians for …
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By Oliver Lazenby |
8/19/20 07:41 PM
John Finn of Birch Bay celebrates his 100th birthday on Thursday, August 20. He was born in 1920 in a small Michigan town and grew up to live an exciting and adventurous life. Now 100 years later, …
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By Kyra Planetz |
8/19/20 07:30 PM
Anna’s @BreadinBlaine, a Blaine micro bakery that started selling sourdough bread last November, has partnered with Birch Bay farm stand Home Farm to offer fresh bread to Birch Bay …
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By Grace McCarthy |
8/19/20 07:25 PM
The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce held its annual Sand Sculpture Competition virtually this year. Here are some of the winners. Learn more at birchbaychamber.com.
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8/19/20 06:30 PM
Non-essential land travel between the U.S./Canada border will remain closed until at least September 21, acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf announced in an August 14 tweet.
This is …
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8/17/20 03:33 PM
Less than a month before the 2020-21 school year begins, the Blaine school board voted during an August 8 special meeting to start the academic year with remote learning.
The reversal of the …
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By Grace McCarthy |
8/12/20 07:22 PM
The Whatcom Council on Aging and Blaine Senior Center will host a drive-through cookout at the senior center on Thursday, August 27.
The event, Picnic with a Purpose, will replace the …
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By Grace McCarthy |
8/12/20 06:17 PM
Whatcom County public works engineer Jim Karcher told county council members that construction on Birch Bay’s ongoing 1.6-mile beach restoration project will resume soon, hopefully before the …
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By Ian Haupt |
8/12/20 06:06 PM
According to the Whatcom County Auditor’s latest update, 60.7 percent of Whatcom County’s 150,509 registered voters turned in ballots for the August 4 primary election. As of 5 p.m. on …
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8/12/20 05:35 PM
For kids, Covid-19 has made learning and connecting with peers a challenge. In addition to K-12 school closures, the closure of preschools in early March also meant some kids had to put early …
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By Kyra Planetz |
8/12/20 05:33 PM
Long-term care facilities can now open their doors to visitors and hold activities if they meet requirements governor Jay Inslee issued that went into effect August 12.
The facilities, which …
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By Grace McCarthy |
8/12/20 05:22 PM
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife delayed opening the local recreational crabbing season for one week after finding that too many Dungeness crabs’ shells hadn’t yet hardened …
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By Oliver Lazenby |
8/12/20 05:16 PM
Jumping out of an airplane at nearly 14,000 feet and free falling for a full minute may sound extreme, but for many, it’s something to experience at least once. For Gary Farrow, tandem …
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By Kyra Planetz |
8/12/20 05:00 PM
Whatcom County will launch a low-barrier, mobile Covid-19 testing program August 10, according to a news release from the Whatcom County Health Department. The program will not be accepting …
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By Ian Haupt |
8/10/20 01:48 PM
An estimated 47.5 percent of eligible Whatcom County voters submitted ballots in the August 4 primary election. As of 5 p.m. on August 5, a total of 71,462 votes were counted by election eve with …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/6/20 02:38 PM
In the face of Covid-19-induced fundraising challenges, the Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) board of trustees decided not to pursue a joint levy to fund a new library in Birch Bay and a remodel …
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8/5/20 08:01 PM
A suspected thief from Bellingham allegedly broke into The C Shop late last week taking a two-pound bag of sour patch kids, a handful of taffys and some truffles, the shop’s co-owner …
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By Ian Haupt |
8/5/20 07:46 PM
Americans traveling to Alaska through Canada for work or to return home will now face firmer rules to prevent what is being coined the ‘Alaska loophole,’ where Americans claim to be …
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By Ian Haupt |
8/5/20 07:40 PM
Whatcom County health officer Dr. Greg Stern recommended to county superintendents and private school administrators that schools plan to start the school year with remote learning, according to a …
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By Grace McCarthy |
8/5/20 06:55 PM
An estimated 36 percent of eligible Whatcom County voters submitted ballots in the August 4 primary election. A total of 53,750 votes were counted by election eve with approximately 14,500 left to …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/5/20 06:28 PM
