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First responders were dispatched around 5:30 p.m. February 8 to a small fire at Blaine Middle School that was reportedly extinguished by a single activated sprinkler.
North Whatcom Fire and …
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By Ian Haupt |
2/9/23 04:38 PM
A Blaine auto broker will pay $430,000 to the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a lawsuit settling allegations that the company committed federal fraud by underreporting the value of vehicles it …
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By Grace McCarthy |
2/8/23 08:14 PM
A criminal case against a former Ferndale police officer accused of soliciting sex with the 12-year-old daughter of a woman he met while responding to a 911 call was dismissed February 6.
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By Ian Haupt |
2/8/23 08:05 PM
A Blaine High School band alumnus has established an annual $5,000 scholarship named after husband-and-wife duo Bob and Dorita Gray.
Jacksonville, Florida resident Jake Wolfburg surprised the …
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By Grace McCarthy |
2/8/23 08:02 PM
Environmental groups are unhappy with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ January 23 modification to its 1996 permit that limits the volume of crude oil BP can handle at its Cherry Point …
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By Ian Haupt |
2/8/23 08:02 PM
State representative Alicia Rule (D-Blaine) cosponsored a bill in Washington state legislature last month that would pull back current pursuit restrictions on law enforcement and allow agencies to …
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By Ian Haupt |
2/8/23 07:59 PM
Boys basketball
Blaine boys basketball finished its regular season on a high February 2, beating the Ferndale Golden Eagles 70-52 in the Blaine High School gymnasium. The win broke a four-game …
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By Ian Haupt |
2/8/23 07:56 PM
At 99, Joyce Vanderpol is the oldest real estate managing broker in Washington state. She wakes up every morning, and makes coffee and a breakfast sandwich, before heading to her office in downtown …
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By Grace McCarthy |
2/8/23 07:41 PM
Blaine school district is forming a superintendent advisory committee for superintendent Christopher Granger to receive feedback from parents before bringing ideas to the entire …
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2/8/23 07:37 PM
Blaine Library is rebounding from the pandemic with a slate of new programs to bring the community together.
Library staff is encouraging community members interested in books, board games, …
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By Grace McCarthy |
2/8/23 07:35 PM
A dementia respite program is returning to Bellingham and Lynden in March that will give people living with dementia a space to socialize while their caretakers receive a break.
Dementia …
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2/8/23 07:29 PM
Discussions over Whatcom County Council’s recent refusal to include a vaccine opponent on the public health advisory board raised tensions between councilmembers and staff during a January 31 …
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By Ian Haupt |
2/8/23 07:27 PM
Blaine Public Works Department utility foreman Steven Hrutfiord placed the first urn into Blaine Cemetery’s new niche wall February 2. The urn held the remains of K. Thomas, Hrutfiord’s …
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By Grace McCarthy |
2/8/23 07:23 PM
Victims and witnesses who want to keep track of perpetrators in prison to know when they are released will be able to keep their identities private, if a bill that passed the Washington state Senate …
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By Reneé Diaz, Washington State Journal |
2/8/23 07:21 PM
No matter how often I see them, I am always delighted when a belted kingfisher appears in view along Terrell Creek or in the marina near my Birch Bay home. Sometimes I am alerted to their presence by …
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By Jonathan Hall |
2/8/23 07:15 PM
Unless this is the only news(ish) article you read each week, you’ve likely at least seen a headline about the bill that would lower our state’s impaired driving blood alcohol content …
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By Doug Dahl |
2/8/23 07:13 PM
The Whatcom County Health Department announced on February 3 that it has changed its name to Whatcom County Health and Community Services (WCHCS) to represent the department’s growing …
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2/8/23 07:09 PM
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will begin charging late fees and penalties for unpaid toll bills on March 1.
Pay By Mail customers with unpaid tolls from June 2021 will …
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2/8/23 07:05 PM
People who perform female genital mutilation on a minor could face criminal and civil penalties if a bill now in the state senate becomes law.
Female genital mutilation, or FGM, involves removal …
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2/8/23 07:03 PM
As first stewards on the front lines of climate change, treaty tribes have been sounding the alarm for more than a decade about low oxygen levels in the ocean and the Salish Sea.
My mentor, former …
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By Ed Johnstone, NWIFC chairman |
2/8/23 07:01 PM
