Glacier News

Course description: After a blast sets a mass of 500 cross-country skiers in motion from the Ski Shop, competitors do three loops around various points of the ski area.

Washington State Department of Transportation's Eric Kouvolo, left, and Theo Donk measure the snow depth at Artist Point at the end of Mount Baker Highway east of Glacier, Wash., on Wednesday.

The Columbia River Gorge: "We didn't know areas like this existed in America," visitors from the East told BNSF Railway spokesman Gus Melonas.

DETAILS: Farm Glass & Metal Spiral Tea Light Holders imported by Nantucket Distributing Co., Inc.

Whatcom County leaders will consider spending $717,000 in economic-development funds to extend utilities to industrial land in Everson and to bring high-speed Internet to most Mount Baker foothills residents.