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Titans take Jake Locker with No. 8 pick in NFL Draft

Jake Locker of Ferndale was picked by the Tennessee Titans with the No. 8 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft Thursday night, April 28, the first Whatcom County player ever selected in the first round.
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McNeil Island, the 'prison without walls,' closing due to budget cuts

In the federal prison system, Alcatraz was the bad cop; McNeil Island was the good cop.
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Who's who of McNeil Island prisoners

It housed bandits, sociopaths, killers, con artists and the last man to be dubbed Public Enemy No. 1.
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Some McNeil Island prisoners tried to escape; most didn't succeed

Escaping from the McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary wasn’t all that difficult.
LOCAL NEWS

Controversial Fairhaven Highlands project falls into foreclosure

BELLINGHAM - The controversial Fairhaven Highlands project has now entered into the foreclosure process, which could mean the land is one step closer to being acquired by the city of Bellingham.
WHATCOM FIRE

Whatcom Middle School to reopen in fall 2011, one year early

BELLINGHAM — Whatcom Middle School will reopen this fall, a full year earlier than expected.
PM NEWSLETTER

Lawmakers consider $30 annual permit to visit state parks, forests

Washington’s state forests and parks may be priceless, but that isn’t keeping policymakers from floating an admission charge: $30.
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Snowstorm dumps on Whatcom County, then melts to slush

An overnight snowstorm closed schools and made a mess of some roads Wednesday, Jan. 12, but warming temperatures brought back a typically wet Northwest winter by midday.
LEGISLATURE

Legislature considers red-light camera restrictions just as Bellingham plans to install them

Photo enforcement has become a controversial way to catch speeders and red-light runners, and some state lawmakers want to put new restrictions on automatic cameras in the session starting Monday, Jan. 10.
ENTERTAINMENT

Photo gallery: Tim Urban's benefit concert for Blaine High

Tim Urban, a top 10 finalist on "American Idol," performed live Tuesday, Jan. 4 in Blaine's Performing Arts Center to benefit the high school's Wind Ensemble, which accepted its third invitation to perform as the International Student Band at the 2011 Funabashi Musical Festival in Tokyo, Japan in...