Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 10th of October.
Good morning, Bellingham.
📰 Economy
WWU researchers report that a 71% drop in Canadian shoppers between 2019 and 2025 cut $115 million from county revenue, with border communities like Blaine — Sumas hit hardest.
🌲 Environment
The National Park Service will conduct prescribed burns over the next two months in the North Cascades to incinerate debris piles in the Lake Chelan and Ross Lake areas (a plan that could lower air quality near Stehekin).
🏛️ Government
Everson received $500,000 in flood resilience funds to plan a flood wall around its wastewater treatment plant after historic flooding submerged the facility in December 2025 — it was awarded on Oct.
7 and design will be completed in 2027 before construction begins in 2028.
🏈 Sports
Bellingham high school celebrated its homecoming last night in a cross-town rivalry match against Sehome, part of a busy Friday Night Lights slate of prep football games in the county.
The Zone’s Friday Night Lights pregame show will be broadcast live at Mt. Baker High tonight to preview the homecoming game between Baker and Nooksack (two top 1A teams rematching from last year).
Allan Fee and his crew will start coverage before the 7:00 kickoff on KPUG.
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