News Briefs

54th Annual Whatcom County Dairy Ambassador event on March 12
LYNDEN – Whatcom County Dairy Women will be crowning the 2010 Dairy Ambassador and two alternates during the 54th annual event on Friday, March 12 from 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds Expo Building. The Whatcom County Dairy Ambassador Program offers young [...]

Police Report

compiled by Brent Cole
The following items were compiled through reports filed with the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO):
Animal Problem
• Feb. 22: WCSO deputy assisted Fire District 14 for a medical call reporting a dog bite in the 7900 block of Apache Drive, Paradise Lakes. Deputy attempted multiple times to relocate the dog and owner, but [...]

County approves 10-foot setback from border

by Stephanie Kosonen
COUNTY — The Whatcom County Planning Commission on Thursday amended the county zoning code to require that structures have a 10-foot setback from the U.S.-Canada border.
The setback was added to the code in response to a request by the International Boundary Commission, which manages a 20-foot-wide vista along the border — 10 feet [...]

Local doctor returns to her roots

by Brita Adkinson
MAPLE FALLS – A doctor in Bellingham, Dr. Laura Fox has returned to the place where she grew up, to raise her own family in her childhood neighborhood.
As a young girl, she attended classes at the elementary school in Maple Falls and later at Mount Baker High School in Deming, and she is [...]

IN THE GARDEN: Get started veggie gardening

by Chuck McClung
As expected, last year many first timers entered the vegetable gardening realm, and more are expected for this year.  Each year we learn something new from our vegetable garden. We try new things, we make a few mistakes, and we try to remember what to do differently next year. So let’s review some [...]

Spring powder power: Making the most of the weather

by CJ Sparks
Spring is in the air. It seems it has been for a while. But last week, Mother Nature decided to let late winter be winter and she graced us with a number of inches of fresh powder at Mt. Baker. Judging from the incoming weather, I think she’d like to keep it [...]

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