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• Bellingham, Ferndale and Mount Baker school board meetings Thursday (School Days Blog)

  Bellingham, Ferndale and Mount Baker school board meetings Thursday (School Days Blog)

  Bellingham, Ferndale and Mount Baker school boards will have meetings Thursday, Aug. 25.

  Mostly of note is that the Ferndale School Board is scheduled to approve the 2011-12 operating budget. The Bellingham School Board will consider adopting a new agreement between the district and the Bellingham Public Schools Foundation. The Mount Baker School Board is having a regular meeting and work session.

  To read more on the School Days Blog, click here.

• Bellingham-Whatcom Public Facilities District says no thanks to extended state aid (Politics Blog)

  Bellingham-Whatcom Public Facilities District says no thanks to extended state aid (Politics Blog)

  The recent partial rebound of sales tax revenue has helped increase the Bellingham-Whatcom Public Facilities District’s comfort level on the repayment of bonds that helped finance the Whatcom Museum and improvements to the Mount Baker Theatre.

  Read more on the Politics Blog: Click here

• Heavy snow means no school for Mount Baker School District on Wednesday, Jan. 18 (School Days Blog)

  Heavy snow means no school for Mount Baker School District on Wednesday, Jan. 18 (School Days Blog)

  Mount Baker School District students and staff will have a second day off because of snow.

  Read more on the School Days Blog: Click here

• Karst Brandsma named Mount Baker interim superintendent (School Days Blog)

  Karst Brandsma named Mount Baker interim superintendent (School Days Blog)

  Karst Brandsma, former deputy superintendent for the Bellingham School District, will be the interim superintendent of the Mount Baker School District for the rest of the 2011-12 school year.

  The Mount Baker School Board appointed Brandsma to the post at a meeting Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 18. Brandmsa is replacing Richard Gantman, who resigned from the district at the beginning of October to write a book and work as a business consultant.

  For the past few years, Brandsma has been working in temporary positions, serving as an administrator in districts that suddenly need an administrator and turn to the Northwest Educational Service District for assistance.

• Fears coal companies would destroy community

  Fears coal companies would destroy community

  Here's a dirty little secret, there's probably coal under your home, or your farm - it's all over Whatcom County. So why bring coal 1,000 miles when they could mine it right under your house? Remember, you don't own the minerals rights to that coal, so you won't get a penny. Your house values could go down.

  There's coal near the town of Glacier. Imagine 100 heavy trucks barreling up and down Mount Baker Highway each day.

  Want to see an excellent example of the prosperity coal jobs can bring to Bellingham? Look no further than Appalachia - the poorest region in America. Appalachia, near the east coast of the U.S. has been mining coal for more than 100 years. If coal jobs are so good, why are those families crushingly poor?