County leaders want to leave Geneva and Hillsdale as urban growth areas so Bellingham can pull them into city limits, but they only want rural levels of growth there because those areas are in the Lake Whatcom watershed.
The county hearing examiner gave thumbs up to a large new church in Birch Bay after county planners and the church resolved a dispute over impacts to wetlands.
After establishing a popular 320-bed hostel in Seattle, the state chapter of Hostelling International is looking to establish a smaller one in Bellingham, and it wants volunteers to help develop a plan for one.
Concerned that the public may not be serious about the health threat posed by swine flu, some affected by the illness are stepping forward to urge greater caution and encourage people to get the vaccine.
Whatcom County will improve a narrow stretch of Yew Street Road near a new elementary school next year, and it'll follow up the year after by improving a heavily traveled section of Lincoln Road in Birch Bay.
All beaches in Whatcom County have been closed to recreational shellfish harvest because red tide, a marine biotoxin that can be deadly if eaten, also has been found in Birch Bay and Drayton Harbor.
Rich Kayser has never been a model railroading enthusiast the way his father was, but he still loves serving as chairman of one of state's largest model train shows.
A series of open houses will give the public the chance to learn about Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen's proposal for updating urban growth areas to accommodate the next two decades of growth.