LUMMI ISLAND - The Whatcom Chief, the ferry to Lummi Island, is scheduled to be out of service from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, for maintenance and inspection of the approach spans that vehicles use to reach the boat.
The last run from Gooseberry Point will be 10:10 a.m. The last run from Lummi Island will be 10:20 a.m. The work is weather dependent, and the schedule may change.
Details: Whatcom County Public Works Director Frank Abart, 360-676-6692.
LUMMI ISLAND - The Whatcom Chief, the ferry to Lummi Island, is scheduled to be out of service from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, for maintenance and inspection of the approach spans that vehicles use to reach the boat.
The last run from Gooseberry Point will be 10:10 a.m. The last run from Lummi Island will be 10:20 a.m. The work depends on the weather, so the schedule could change.
Details: Whatcom County Public Works Director Frank Abart, 360-676-6692.
LUMMI ISLAND - The Whatcom Chief, the ferry to Lummi Island, is scheduled to be out of service from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, for maintenance and inspection of the approach spans that vehicles use to reach the boat.
The last run from Gooseberry Point will be 10:10 a.m. The last run from Lummi Island will be 10:20 a.m. The work depends on the weather, so the schedule could change.
Details: Whatcom County Public Works Director Frank Abart, 360-676-6692.
LUMMI ISLAND - The Whatcom Chief, the ferry to Lummi Island, is scheduled to be out of service from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, for maintenance and inspection of the approach spans that vehicles use to reach the boat.
The last run from Gooseberry Point will be 10:10 a.m. The last run from Lummi Island will be 10:20 a.m. The work depends on the weather, so the schedule could change.
Details: Whatcom County Public Works Director Frank Abart, 360-676-6692.
LUMMI ISLAND - Ordered to cease unpermitted activities at its quarry, Lummi Rock, LLC has been slowly complying, Whatcom County's planning director said.
"It's going a little too slow when there are additional compliance issues," said Sam Ryan, director of Planning and Development Services.
She was referring to a notice of violation issued Feb. 1 for a new infraction, operating during nighttime hours. According to the notice, neighbors at Lummi Island Scenic Estates documented 10 instances in which Lummi Rock moved barges during the night, from Dec. 19, 2012, to Jan. 30, 2013, in violation of a permit.
LUMMI ISLAND - Financial troubles are compounding difficulties faced by a Lummi Island quarry that is under threat of being shut down by the Whatcom County hearing examiner for violating operating permits.
A court in Clark County ordered Lummi Rock, LLC, to pay a salvage company $274,928 plus $47,046 in interest for removing two sunken barges in 2012 from a cove at the foot of the surface mine. Ballard Salvage and Diving had disturbed oil trapped inside one of the barges, creating a spill in the cove.
Lummi Rock initially rejected the claims in the salvage company's lawsuit but did not appear in court for a summary judgment hearing. Clark County Superior Court Judge Robert Lewis agreed to grant the summary judgment on April 25.
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