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With the domestic housing market still in a slump, area mills are working to land more export contracts with buyers in Australia, China and India.
As part of the strategy to send lumber to overseas buy­ers, the Vaagen Bros. Lumber mill in Colville will soon be taking over operations of a…

While still nowhere near the levels before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, local border traffic rose significantly in 2010.

Last year 11.8 million people traveled southbound into Whatcom County from Canada, an 8.3 per cent increase from 2009 and the highest annual total since 2001. The…

Opponents of a $30 annual access fee for state lands are pointing to the not-so-distant past in arguing it would raise barriers to access by the poor and fail to raise the officially projected $71 million.

Attendance at state parks dipped by about 18 percent last time the state charged…

MANY Bahamians are unaware of rare environmental phenomenon that drive schools of international scientists to the country every year.
The Bahamas is home to the third largest reef system in the world, the Bahamas Barrier Reef. It sits off the cost of Andros on the edge of the tongue of the…

One in 110 children has been diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Autism Spectrum Disorders are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges.

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The Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee will host a presentation Thursday, Feb. 3, on recent research on rockfish populations along the county's coastline.