Earth Day was well-celebrated on April 22 around Blaine and Birch Bay, with primary school children learning to plant flowers and neighbors organizing roadside cleanups. Below are a few activities … more

The Editor: The BHS Hall of Fame Committee is looking for any relative of Albert Valdason who graduated from Blaine High School in 1926 and was a teacher and coach in the Blaine School District … more

April 12, 10:14 a.m.: Burglary on Drayton Harbor Road. April 12, 11:09 p.m.: Missing person on Custer School Road. April 13, 12:52 a.m.: Warrant arrest on Pacific Highway. April 13, 9:19 a.m.: Threat … more

April 19, 8:12 a.m.: Burglary cold call on Birch Bay Drive. April 19, 9:29 a.m.: Mental health flag on Moonglow Court. April 19, 9:37 p.m.: Traffic stop on Alderson Road. April 19, 10:05 a.m.: Refer … more

Little remains publicly known about an explosion at the BP Cherry Point refinery near Birch Bay that shook the community and sent three workers to the hospital on Saturday morning.  … more

The city of Blaine secured $392,000 in state funds that will revitalize and add amenities to two small downtown parks with water views.  The Legislature approved the funding at the end of … more

The Blaine School Board held a work session on Monday focusing on student behavior, discipline and how schools are tackling behavioral problems, featuring presentations from administrators from each … more

The Borderites were busy this past week, with softball going 2-2 in the first four games back from spring break, and baseball throwing a couple of gems to earn wins over a pair of conference teams. … more

Saturday, a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Interstate 5 near Blaine required the driver to be sent to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.  The motorcyclist, Corey J. … more

Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival is returning for its 10th year of celebrating women filmmakers from Bellingham to Hollywood and beyond.  The festival will be held April 30 … more

The Blaine Public Library building will be closed to the public for the next two weeks while it undergoes $65,000 renovations to improve its layout and Americans with Disabilities Act … more

A gray whale surfaces in Birch Bay about 4:30 p.m. April 15, as seen from Birch Bay Drive. The sighting is one of many in recent weeks. Residents have taken to social media to report sightings … more

The Washington State Department of Health issued a countywide closure for recreational harvest of molluscan shellfish on Friday, citing unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning biotoxin. … more

Those with unused or expired prescription medication will have a chance to safely and anonymously throw out their drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Birch Bay Vogt Library Express, 7948 … more

The commercial crab season is finished, which means it’s time to turn our attention to the 42nd annual Blessing of the Fleet, which will take place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at the Blaine Harbor … more

Two Blaine High School teams earned third place at the Washington State Technology Student Association Conference April 15-18 in Spokane. Blaine’s top finishers were the robotics team (Aiden … more

The male harlequin stands out on rocky shorelines in blue-gray with chestnut-colored flanks and distinctive white markings on its head and body. This is a duck of turbulent waters that flies inland … more

The Editor: Bellingham is updating citywide speed limits, with plans in 2026 to transition to a 20 mph default on most non-arterial, residential and downtown streets, down from 25 mph. The … more