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The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is offering free access to state parks on three days in June: Saturday, June 6 (National Trails Day), Sunday, June 7 (Free Fishing Weekend) and …
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Oliver Lazenby |
6/2/20 07:29 PM
In the April 23 issue of The Northern Light, we offered local kids the following newsroom assignment: While they are under the governor’s stay-at-home order, kids’ lives have changed. …
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5/28/20 02:49 PM
In the April 16 issue of The Northern Light, we offered local kids the following newsroom assignment: What is life like for kids these days? While stuck at home, how do kids connect with friends, …
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5/28/20 02:43 PM
According to the Whatcom County Health Department, there have been 381 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the county as of 11:44 a.m., March 26. A total of 7,762 people have tested negative while 33 …
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5/28/20 01:01 PM
The economic bloodbath precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic continued unabated during the month of April as the state unemployment rate reached 15.8 percent. Whatcom was one of the hardest hit …
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Pat Grubb |
5/28/20 12:53 PM
Voluntary furloughs, other cost-saving measures are in place
Blaine City Council approved a budget amendment at its May 26 council meeting that forecasts an $880,000 reduction in revenue due to …
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Oliver Lazenby |
5/27/20 08:47 PM
When Blaine-based Dana Cohenour, an award-winning children’s songwriter and performer, set out to create her latest album, she didn’t want it to just be background music for children. It …
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Grace McCarthy |
5/27/20 08:39 PM
The BBSP (Blaine, Birch Bay, Semiahmoo, Point Roberts) Covid-19 Community Helpers group is looking for volunteers to help sew masks for people in the community.
The group started sewing face masks …
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5/27/20 08:22 PM
The Blaine Chamber of Commerce is hosting a virtual networking meeting from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, featuring Michael Jones, Blaine city manager; Bonnie Onyon, Blaine mayor; Gina Stark, …
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5/27/20 08:17 PM
Field operations for the U.S. Census resumed on May 11 in Whatcom County and the rest of Washington state after being put on hold in March due to Covid-19. The operation, named “Update …
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Grace McCarthy |
5/27/20 08:14 PM
The Blaine High School Athletic Booster Club Hall of Fame committee decided to postpone its induction ceremony and other festivities surrounding this year’s Hall of Fame.
The ceremony was …
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5/27/20 08:01 PM
Point Roberts Press is pleased to announce the appointment of Oliver Lazenby as editor of The Northern Light and Grace McCarthy as reporter.
Lazenby started at The Northern Light as a …
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5/27/20 07:00 PM
Washington state’s secretary of health has approved 24 of Washington’s 39 counties to move on to phase 2 of governor Jay Inslee’s four-phase “Safe Start” re-opening …
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5/27/20 06:54 PM
After a deadline extension, property tax payments in Whatcom County are finally coming due on Monday, June 1.
Whatcom County Treasurer Steve Oliver signed an order on March 30 extending the …
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5/27/20 06:48 PM
Hidden off Valley View Road in Ferndale is the Sardis Raptor Center, a rehabilitation center where birds of prey are treated for everything from a few missing feathers to life-threatening …
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Grace McCarthy |
5/27/20 06:44 PM
In the May 14 issue of The Northern Light, we offered local kids the following newsroom assignment: How have our pets’ lives changed since the stay at home order?
This is a tough …
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5/27/20 06:32 PM
A group is setting up four “Little Free Pantries,” around Blaine, stocked with food and personal hygiene items for those in need.
The first community pantry is at the 7th Street …
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Oliver Lazenby |
5/27/20 05:30 PM
