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Beach Fest at Birch Bay State Park Saturday
BIRCH BAY — When was the last time you moved a damp beach rock to elicit a child’s joyful shout as a nickel-sized black shore crab scurried for cover? On Saturday, June 10, the ...
511 travel info system upgrade activates today
OLYMPIA — Modernization of the 511 travel information system brings a new voice and better support to the system, but the popular menus and other features remain the same. The Washington ...
Haynie Opry kicks off second half of summer season
Featured tribute this year is Merle Haggard By Brent Lindquist [email protected] BLAINE — It’s already June, and that means it’s time for the second half of the Haynie Opry ...
County has a new jail plan
Idea is 440 beds on LaBounty Road site, down from 521 before; county public hearing June 13 By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — The county is moving forward with plans, ...
Mt. Baker Hwy. single-lane at point of fish passage work
WHATCOM — From now to fall it will be single-lane alternating traffic with a stoplight at the Hedrick Creek bridge on the Mt. Baker Highway as crews create new fish passage there, ...
Seven to represent local HS football players at Native All-Star Football Classic
Jim Sandusky will coach the June event in Dallas By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — Both the Lummi Blackhawks and the Ferndale Golden Eagle’s football teams had ...
Odor sends Ferndale students home early Thursday
Cause may have been a Phillips refinery ‘upset’ By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Students at Horizon Middle and Cascadia, Skyline and Eagleridge elementary ...
PHOTOS: Ski to Sea
Some of the views from last weekend’s Ski to Sea event that took place in Whatcom County. Over 300 teams competed in skiing, biking, running, canoeing and kayaking….
This ...
Ferndale man dies in Lynden crash on Memorial Day
Cody Hodges’ Chevrolet ended up underneath semi trailer in Badger Road roundabout LYNDEN — A Ferndale man died Monday afternoon in the Northwood and East Badger roads roundabout ...
Sen. Doug Ericksen ends temporary EPA role
After 120 days of doing double duty, state senator is back from D.C. By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — Sen. Doug Ericksen, state 42nd District representative for ...
