A plane didn’t crash into the intersection of H Street and Harvey Road Sunday night, despite social media reports to the contrary. The reports, which are based on police scanner dialog, conveyed the details of a 911 call from a resident to the area who said a plane had crashed. Law enforcement responded to the call and found the caller had mental health issues, but no evidence of a crash.
A California woman was arrested twice last week for burglary in the same area of Bayview, Blaine Police reported. The woman reportedly had tried the doors on a number of houses before finding one that was empty and for sale and apparently moved in. Her activity within the house on July 1 tripped a motion detector that notified police of unusual movement. They arrived to find the woman cooking, arrested her and impounded her car. Several days later, the owners of a neighboring house noticed items missing in their garage and reported them stolen. Police recovered some of the items in the woman’s impounded car. At press time, the woman was in custody.
The Blaine Police Department documented an uptick in DUI (driving under the influence) citations so far this year over 2025, with 16 to date. The department served 14 DUI citations in all of 2025. Blaine Police Chief Rodger Funk attributed the increase to a greater focus on policing DUIs.
With warmer weather bringing more time outdoors, local health officials are reminding residents that tick season is in full swing across the Pacific Northwest. Ticks are commonly found in tall grass, brush and wooded areas, particularly along trail edges. To reduce the risk of tick bites, wear long sleeves and light-colored clothing, tuck pants into socks, use EPA-approved insect repellents containing DEET or picaridin, and avoid dense vegetation when possible. The western black-legged tick, the region’s primary carrier of Lyme disease, is most active from spring through mid-summer and often experiences a second peak in fall and winter due to the Northwest’s mild climate.
Washington has signed an agreement with California and Quebec to link their carbon trading markets, creating what officials say will become the world’s largest subnational carbon market when it launches in 2027. The agreement will allow major industrial polluters to buy and sell carbon emission allowances across all three jurisdictions, expanding Washington’s cap-and-invest program. State leaders say the linked market will strengthen climate efforts and generate continued funding for clean energy projects and community investments, while some business groups expect the larger market to help stabilize carbon prices. Environmental justice advocates, however, cautioned that broader trading could allow some large polluters to continue emitting greenhouse gases in communities already burdened by industrial pollution.
