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The Elma City Council still is dragging its feet on whether a drug-sniffing dog will be worth the cost, according to The Daily World of Aberdeen.
Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all state agency buildings be lowered to half-staff Monday in memory of U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael P. Montgomery of Redmond. Montgomery was killed last week in Afghanistan when the helicopter he was in crashed.
Seattle police on Saturday said they believe a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer on Halloween night also firebombed police cruisers and other property nine days earlier.
REDMOND – Despite a sobering presentation about “sexting” and a Twitter promo from one of the world’s most popular tweeters, the main message of the day at the first Wired Moms summit on Friday was pretty low tech: Talk to your kids.
METHOW – The instant a black dot appears on the horizon, someone calls out, “We’ve got a bird out there,” and all chatter stops. The sound of a gentle wind pushing against the ridgetop is all that can be heard as wildlife biologists and visitors raise binoculars to their eyes to study the speck coming toward them.
BLAINE – A sculpture exhibit in Peace Arch Park will be displayed through the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., after all.
Centralia – The Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Facility in Gifford Pinchot National Forest will receive up to $800,000 in federal stimulus money to make upgrades and become more efficient, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Energy.
FAIRBANKS -- An attempted traffic stop in South Fairbanks led to an Alaska State Trooper shooting and wounding a man Friday night, troopers said.
For now, the 2,000 or so books are stored in 96 boxes at Northwest Indian College, but in a few years they will fill a special reading room dedicated to Vine Deloria Jr.
Whether to shift road fund property tax money or tax money from agricultural land preservation funds to bolster the county's general fund is up for debate Tuesday, Nov. 10.
BELLINGHAM - City Council members are scheduled Monday, Nov. 9, to vote on a 1 percent property tax increase proposed by Mayor Dan Pike.
BELLINGHAM - The Erik Dyrland Insurance Agency will be accepting nonperishable food and toiletries for the Bellingham Food Bank from Monday, Nov. 9, through Dec. 14.
Whatcom Homefront, a nonprofit group supporting military personnel from Whatcom County, is looking for names of people currently stationed overseas so they can be sent personal care packages.
BELLINGHAM - Interfaith Coalition of Whatcom County is looking for volunteers to help staff the shelters it opens to the homeless during severe weather.
The following was compiled from various historical sources, including the Nov. 11, 1858, edition of the Pioneer & Democrat newspaper.
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