Sumas News

The United States General Services Administration announced that the commercial inspection lane at the Lynden/Aldergrove land port of entry will be closed, from Monday, July 6 to Friday, July 17.

The lines are growing outside local food banks. But it seems the tougher the economy, the more people pull together and help, whether it's by donating or creating a service where someone sees a need.

Sumas residents' pride in their community was clearly evident at the annual Community Days event Saturday, June 27, in the Sumas City Park, while the U.S. Border Patrol had a chance to show off its newest station in Whatcom County.

For over a decade , Vancouver BC has been debatingwhat to do when the nearby Cache Creek landfill closes .Well, the landfill is scheduled toclose in July of next year, and Vancouver is still dithering.

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail.

A briefcase left at the Pacific Highway border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has forced traffic headed into the U.S. to be re-routed. Border patrol agents say the briefcase left in the Nexus enrollment center was discovered at about 4 p.m. Commercial traffic headed into the U.S. is being diverted to the Sumas entry.

Sumas could become a transfer point for up to 450,000 tons of Canadian trash per year after the scheduled closure of British Columbia's Cache Creek Landfill in July 2010.

The board of trustees will decide Tuesday, June 16, whether to ask voters for more property tax dollars for the Whatcom County Library System.

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail.

The lilting strains of bluegrass music came through the screens as I sat on the back deck contemplating the almost full moon, and it took me back to the 1970s and Sumas, Washington.

There will be no construction debris or other contaminated soil used to fill in the gravel pit left by Lafarge's new operation in Abbotsford, says the company's general manager.

Langley's federal representative will try to convince his colleagues in Ottawa not to reduce commercial traffic through Langley's only border crossing.

A commercial traffic closure at the Aldergrove/Lynden border crossing would be "devastating" to the local economy, says Langley Township Mayor Rick Green.

Abbotsford city councillor Patricia Ross was named the city's Woman of the Year, while back-to-basics scribe Maggie Calloway was chosen as Mission's representative.

Lineup at the U.S.-Canada border at Douglas/Blaine over the long weekend as seen from the Global helicopter.

Two men from Maple Falls - one a witness in an upcoming murder trial - have pleaded guilty to burglary charges stemming from several break-ins near Sumas in August 2008.

A Sumas man arrested for allegedly firing his rifle at a passing U.S. Border Patrol agent Wednesday night, May 20, denied aiming at the agent's car and said he was shooting at crows.

A Sumas man was arrested Wednesday night, May 20, for allegedly firing a rifle two to three times at a passing U.S. Border Patrol vehicle.

Washington State residents fear that Lafarge's recently approved gravel mining operation on Abbotsford's Sumas Prairie is going to poison their water supply.

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail.