8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (373+ words) Two Blaine High Schoolers placed in the top 16 at the 2026 National Technology Student Association Conference in Washington, D. C. , June 22 through June 26." Junior Andrew Baer and senior Aiden Ernst secured their spot at nationals after earning third place in robotics at the…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (396+ words) thenorthernlight. com Blaine Police are asking residents who had De Walt hand-held tools stolen before April 23 to come forward after officers recovered a large cache of stolen property while serving a search warrant at a Bellingham storage unit on April…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (515+ words) The city wants to enter into a partnership with a developer to bring a larger library, multifamily housing and childcare to downtown Blaine. Wednesday, July 8, is the submission deadline for the city's request for proposals for city-owned property along 3rd Street....

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (156+ words) It was a busy June for Blaine High School athletes at tournaments and camps for basketball, football and wrestling in La Center, Burlington-Edison and Rathdrum, Idaho, respectively. The Blaine wrestling program brought 16 student-athletes to one of the premier wrestling camps…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (288+ words) Mark your calendar for a final Fourth of July weekend event: the annual July 5 beach cleanup starting at 9 a. m. at Birch Bay Beach Park. Due to the growing amount of litter left on the beach each July 4, volunteer cleanup efforts have…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (803+ words) Blaine Harbor Music Festival is gearing up for its 25th annual summer festival and camp, which runs this year from Sunday, July 12, through Saturday, July 18." It originally began in 2000 as Blaine Jazz Festival, later being called Drayton Harbor Music Festival, but…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (493+ words) Question: I've seen headlines saying that the laws for e-bikes have changed and now a bunch of e-bikes are illegal. Can you explain all of these changes? Answer: The headlines are only partly right. This spring the Legislature passed Senate…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (220+ words) Washington voters will see no change to the state's long-standing vote-by-mail rules after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may continue counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, provided they were postmarked on time." In a 5-4 decision, the…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (208+ words) People of all ages are encouraged to be physically active, and that includes seniors." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says seniors ages 65 and older should aim for at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and at…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (275+ words) Until the late 1970s, U. S. space exploration was an exclusively male field. That changed in 1978 with the Space Shuttle program; the new mission specialist position allowed women without military jet fighter experience to apply. Six female astronauts were selected in that first…...