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Tribal judge refuses to block disenrollment of 306 Nooksacks

George Adams, right, sings with a crowd of dozens as they await a decision on whether the disenrollment process of 306 Nooksack Indian Tribe members will be allowed to proceed Thursday, May 16, 2013, in front of the Nooksack Tribal Court in Deming. The judge is reviewing the case and will issue a decision in coming days.

DEMING - Nooksack Tribal Chief Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis has cleared the way for tribal officials to go ahead with plans to strip 306 people of their membership in the tribe, refusing to grant an injunction that would have blocked such a move.

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Ferndale might reverse decision to put gas tax on ballot

FERNDALE - City voters might not be asked to approve a gas tax after all. A Ferndale City Council member who voted in favor of putting a penny-per-gallon tax on the November ballot might change his vote when the council revisits the decision at its next meeting, on Monday, June 3.

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Work to begin soon on Wharf-Boulevard roundabout in Bellingham

BELLINGHAM - The City Council has approved Ram Construction Co.'s $1.14 million bid for construction of a roundabout at the snarl of asphalt where State, Forest and Wharf streets link up with the Boulevard.

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Meridian High School's Old Main building comes down after 91 years

LAUREL - It was a bittersweet day Monday, May 20, as staff and current and former students of Meridian High School watched demolition start on the school's nearly 100-year-old Old Main building.

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PeaceHealth, UW Medicine to have 'strategic affiliation'

A "strategic affiliation" between PeaceHealth, which operates Bellingham's only hospital, and UW Medicine announced Monday, May 20, has raised some concerns about secular hospitals doing business with religious health-care systems.
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Northern Whatcom County beaches closed to recreational shellfish harvesting

The state Department of Health has closed beaches in northern Whatcom County to recreational shellfish harvesting because of unsafe levels of the biotoxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning.
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Bellingham council offers cut-rate lease to dance group for Parkade space

BELLINGHAM - On a 5-2 vote, City Council has approved giving a local dance group a below-market rental rate for lease of retail space inside the city's Parkade on Commercial Street.
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Tax hike on garbage transfer stations to go to new Ferndale library

FERNDALE - The City Council raised the solid-waste utility tax from 12 to 12.5 percent on Monday, May 20, to help cover $1.05 million it has agreed to pay for construction of a new library west of City Hall. The tax hike takes effect in 2014.
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Whatcom's housing affordability index hits new high

Even as home prices are rising in Whatcom County, homes are still more affordable than they have been in years.
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Two Blaine city manager finalists to meet public May 23

BLAINE - The two finalists for the city manager post will be in Blaine on Thursday, May 23, to meet the City Council, staff and the public.
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Bellingham climber reaches top of Mount Everest

A Bellingham climber has summited the 29,029-foot Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, and achieved his quest to climb to the highest summit on seven of the seven continents.