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By Doralee Booth Birch Bay is a vibrant, inviting unincorporated Urban Growth Area community where folks live, work and vacation: sometimes all three at once! The year kicked off …
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1/10/18 07:10 PM
By Carroll Solomon We’re celebrating our 126th year! The Blaine Chamber of Commerce ended the year with 84 members including 14 new members. Our business of the …
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1/10/18 07:10 PM
By Stefanie Donahue Following a string of candidate interviews on January 8, Blaine City Council voted to appoint nine individuals to a slew of key positions serving the city. Take a …
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1/10/18 07:09 PM
Learn how to obtain benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at an event hosted by Birch Bay’s American Legion Peace Arch Post 86 on Saturday, January 20. Members …
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1/10/18 07:08 PM
January 3, 8:24 p.m.: Officers were dispatched to the 700 block of a street for a domestic disturbance. Officers arrived and determined it was a verbal argument between two individuals regarding …
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1/10/18 06:25 PM
January 16, 4:43 p.m.: Police were dispatched to a store for a report of threats between two employees. The argument started when one of the women discovered her co-worker had been exchanging …
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1/8/18 02:44 PM
Donning costumes of all kinds, hundreds plunged into Birch Bay’s icy waters on January 1. The annual Polar Bear Plunge was hosted by the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce and featured food vendors and …
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1/3/18 07:00 PM
January • Representatives from US and Canadian border agencies, Washington State Department of Transportation, US General Services Administration and other agencies discussed …
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1/3/18 06:59 PM
By Stefanie Donahue Brian Pukaluk, 43, was arrested last week after Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies received a report that he had discharged a firearm during an altercation with his wife …
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1/3/18 06:57 PM
Blaine’s Saul Magallon celebrates after winning the state tournament in the 220-pound weight class. Photo by Jasmine Fritsch By Oliver Lazenby Last year was another eventful year for Blaine High …
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1/3/18 06:56 PM
Illustration by Doug De Visser. By Oliver Lazenby Bellingham family physician Dr. Greg Anderson always tells patients to get more exercise. Though it’s a serious part of his prescription, Anderson …
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1/3/18 06:53 PM
The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce hosted the Ring of Fire and Hope on December 31. Pictured from l., Lori and Chloe Twitchell of Birch Bay. Photo by Molly Ernst.
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1/3/18 06:52 PM
Boy Scouts will set out to residences across Whatcom County to pick up old Christmas trees this Saturday, January 6. They’ll visit neighborhoods in Bellingham, Ferndale, Blaine and Lynden and will …
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1/3/18 06:50 PM
By Stefanie Donahue Two cars, one a Blaine Police Department cruiser, were totaled in a collision on New Year’s Eve on State Route 543 in Blaine. According to a …
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1/3/18 06:49 PM
By Michael Jones, community development director In 2017, the city asked voters to approve a tax of two-tenths of 1 percent on retail sales to fund a Transportation Benefit District. …
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1/3/18 06:48 PM
By fire chief William Pernett North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR) proudly serves the communities of Blaine, Birch Bay and unincorporated areas of Whatcom …
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1/3/18 06:47 PM
By Kathy Sitker, director This year has been exciting at the Blaine Senior Center. As part of the National Council of Senior Centers, I noted the theme this year was Senior Centers: …
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1/3/18 06:46 PM
By Jack Louws, executive Looking back on 2017, I can say that we have had quite an active year in local government. Firstly, we did not obtain voter approval for the new justice …
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1/3/18 06:45 PM
By Barbara Brenner, Whatcom County Councilmember Political-speak often overwhelms me so I want to concentrate on more warm, personal matters. As always, in this …
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1/3/18 06:43 PM
By Oliver Lazenby In a 2016 survey, between 8.6 and 13.6 percent of Blaine students in grades 8, 10 and 12 reported they’d tried to kill themselves in the past year. Even more had …
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12/20/17 07:22 PM
