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Improvements coming to Mt. Baker Highway over several years
GLACIER — A slew of highway improvements are coming to State Route 542, also known as the Mount Baker Highway, starting this summer and continuing for the next few years, the Washington ...
County Council extends rural permit ban six more weeks
By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] Meanwhile, state legislative ‘fix’ on exempt wells advances out of Senate WHATCOM — After hearing testimony by community members affected ...
Sen. Doug Ericksen holds two-hour town hall
WHATCOM — State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, returned to his 42nd District to hold a town hall meeting on Saturday, and it drew hundreds both in favor of and opposed to his positions ...
City council gets primer on city traffic issues
Several options floated as solutions during a presentation by Transpo Group By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Traveling from one side of downtown Ferndale to ...
Recall charges against Sen. Ericksen dismissed
Senator not present at legal presentations WHATCOM — Recall charges against state Sen. Ericksen, R-Ferndale, were dismissed by a county Superior Court judge Thursday on grounds of ...
Sikhs decry attacks, invite public Sunday
‘Sacred free kitchen’ will be at Pole Rd. temple LYNDEN — The Sikh community of Whatcom County joins with other Americans in condemning the racist attack last Friday on an American ...
Groups appeal Ecology’s new CAFO permits
Water resources aren’t protected, critics say By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — On Feb. 17 a coalition of environmental groups including local RE Sources for Sustainable ...
Patriotic essay fourth in state
Baker View’s Iriana Korter wrote on ‘The America I Believe In’ theme WHATCOM — The Patriot’s Pen patriotic essay writing contest of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization ...
Public Meetings — March 8, 2017
Wednesday, March 8 • Whatcom Community College Board of Trustees, Laidlaw Center board room, 237 W. Kellogg Rd., Bellingham, 2 p.m. The board may take action on proposed engineering ...
Letters to the Editor — March 8, 2017
Thanks for donations I would just like to thank the Tribune readers for your generous donations to the Readers Care Fund and let you know how much of a lifesaver it is to us! Our noon ...