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Ski to Sea organizers keep an eye on Nooksack River, say rest of race course is good to go

Published May 23rd, 2013 - 5:00AM

If you want to know how the Nooksack River will be running for this year's Ski to Sea, wait until Saturday, May 25 - the day before the seven-leg relay race that covers about 93 miles from Mt. Baker Ski Area to Bellingham Bay.

Ferndale might reverse decision to put gas tax on ballot

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 6:50PM

FERNDALE - City voters might not be asked to approve a gas tax after all. A Ferndale City Council member who voted in favor of putting a penny-per-gallon tax on the November ballot might change his vote when the council revisits the decision at its next meeting, on Monday, June 3.

Meridian High School's Old Main building comes down after 91 years

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 4:02PM

LAUREL - It was a bittersweet day Monday, May 20, as staff and current and former students of Meridian High School watched demolition start on the school's nearly 100-year-old Old Main building.

Several Memorial Day events set in Whatcom County

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 4:00PM

Whatcom County residents will have several options to honor the men and women who have served their country on Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day. These ceremonies are open to the public and free to attend.

PeaceHealth, UW Medicine to have 'strategic affiliation'

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 3:27PM

A "strategic affiliation" between PeaceHealth, which operates Bellingham's only hospital, and UW Medicine announced Monday, May 20, has raised some concerns about secular hospitals doing business with religious health-care systems.

Northern Whatcom County beaches closed to recreational shellfish harvesting

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 1:30PM

The state Department of Health has closed beaches in northern Whatcom County to recreational shellfish harvesting because of unsafe levels of the biotoxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning.

Tax hike on garbage transfer stations to go to new Ferndale library

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 12:30PM

FERNDALE - The City Council raised the solid-waste utility tax from 12 to 12.5 percent on Monday, May 20, to help cover $1.05 million it has agreed to pay for construction of a new library west of City Hall. The tax hike takes effect in 2014.

Whatcom's housing affordability index hits new high

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 9:45AM

Even as home prices are rising in Whatcom County, homes are still more affordable than they have been in years.

Work to begin soon on Wharf-Boulevard roundabout in Bellingham

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 5:02PM

BELLINGHAM - The City Council has approved Ram Construction Co.'s $1.14 million bid for construction of a roundabout at the snarl of asphalt where State, Forest and Wharf streets link up with the Boulevard.

Tribal judge refuses to block disenrollment of 306 Nooksacks

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 4:00AM

DEMING - Nooksack Tribal Chief Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis has cleared the way for tribal officials to go ahead with plans to strip 306 people of their membership in the tribe, refusing to grant an injunction that would have blocked such a move.

Bellingham council offers cut-rate lease to dance group for Parkade space

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 4:20AM

BELLINGHAM - On a 5-2 vote, City Council has approved giving a local dance group a below-market rental rate for lease of retail space inside the city's Parkade on Commercial Street.

Two Blaine city manager finalists to meet public May 23

Published May 21st, 2013 - 7:30PM

BLAINE - The two finalists for the city manager post will be in Blaine on Thursday, May 23, to meet the City Council, staff and the public.

Bellingham software developer makes long haul for car-free Ski to Sea team

Published May 21st, 2013 - 5:00PM

Ski to Sea logistics are complicated for the Car Free and Care Free team, but co-founder Victor Valadez and his teammates look at it as a grand adventure involving sustainable living.

Hearing on Bellingham fireworks ban set for June 3

Published May 21st, 2013 - 4:30PM

BELLINGHAM - City Council has agreed to hold a June 3 public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would ban all personal fireworks possession and use within the city limits, beginning no sooner than mid-2014.

Red Cross volunteers from Whatcom ready to help tornado victims

Published May 21st, 2013 - 3:58PM

The Mt. Baker Chapter of the American Red Cross has volunteers on standby to deploy to Oklahoma if they are needed, officials said Tuesday, May 21.

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