Sumas News

A controversial update of growth areas countywide that pitted the Whatcom County Council against the county's executive was approved shortly before midnight Tuesday, Nov.

SWEETGRASS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection reminds travelers of the rules to re-enter the United States from Canada.

The Agricultural Land Commission is being asked to reconsider its support for a gravel extraction project in south Abbotsford amid fears it threatens water quality, prime farmland and the endangered Townsend's mole.

Mother Nature to do some damage in Abbotsford on Tuesday. After the area was hit by 20 power outages on Monday, high overnight winds caused another 19 Tuesday.

County Executive Pete Kremen says he is likely to veto a County Council plan for updating urban growth areas countywide, unless the council abandons a position that is "quite extreme and seems almost punitive toward the cities." Vetoing the proposal, which the County Council is scheduled to approve Nov.

For Bellingham resident Forrest Doan, glory was in his gut Saturday, Nov. 7. Doan, 35, and Maple Falls resident Rick Banel, 52, took the Burger Challenge at the new Anker Diner in Sumas Saturday afternoon.

Food contests at restaurants seem to be more popular these days, but the latest one by a new Sumas diner is not for the faint of heart.

Whatcom County's six small-city mayors have banded together to endorse four conservative County Council candidates in hopes of sending a message to their opponents, some of the mayors said.

More than 800 Whatcom and Skagit county fifth-graders became Western Washington University students for the day Tuesday, Oct.

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail.

Residents are advised there will be a military funeral held in Chilliwack next week as former CFB Chilliwack base commander Colonel Roger St.

Several people were injured and taken to St. Joseph Hospital after a stolen car struck them at a party near Everson early Saturday morning, Sept.

A Maple Falls man was in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital after he crashed his pickup truck on Reese Hill Road near Bishop Road Thursday afternoon, Sept.

Crews will grind centerline rumble strips on three Whatcom County roads next week, improving safety by alerting drivers when they're crossing into the oncoming lane.

A Whatcom County family is about to lose everything because of an invisible danger.

Western Washington University announced its spring-quarter honor roll: Acme: Sierra Brisky.

Whatcom County planners have discovered that County Executive Pete Kremen's proposal for urban growth area updates would actually mean a net increase of 10 acres of agricultural land countywide.

County Executive Pete Kremen's proposal for changes to urban growth areas would mean losing a net of 28 acres of farmland, a point that's already drawing criticism.

A baby being held in his mother's lap was killed when the SUV they were riding in collided head-on with a semi truck on Badger Road just before 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, July 21.

Resident Jean Kleinhesselink says she never had a chance to prevent an accident that almost claimed the calf muscle in her left leg July 17.