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Riordan resigns as WWU provost, academic affairs VP
Published May 23rd, 2013 - 2:12PM
BELLINGHAM - Western Washington University's provost and vice president of academic affairs has announced that she is resigning from the university in July.
Fairhaven Festival has food, fun and its own beer garden on Ski to Sea Sunday
Published May 23rd, 2013 - 7:45PM
BELLINGHAM - Fairhaven Festival organizers are willing to cede the title of "Eighth Leg of the Race" to the beer garden near Ski to Sea's finish line at Marine Park. The festival's own beer garden, on McKenzie Avenue between 10th and 11th streets, stands on its own.
Canadian coal export plans under fire in Surrey, B.C. (Politics Blog)
Published May 23rd, 2013 - 10:32AM
A new plan for export of U.S. coal through a Canadian port is arousing some opposition north of the border.
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.
Affiliation between PeaceHealth, UW Medicine raises questions
Published May 23rd, 2013 - 12:02PM
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.
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.
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.
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