By asmith July 29, 2021 5:09 pm
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WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – It looks like the last stretch of the Mount Baker Highway will be open in time for late summer visits to Artist Point.
The final 2.7 miles of State Route 542 has been closed while crews work to stabilize and rebuild a crumbling retaining wall.
The wall built in the 1930’s sits above the Heather Meadows Visitor Center, Chain Lakes Loop trailhead and Austin Pass Picnic area.
The Department of Transportation says the work should allow the road to re-open sometime in August.
It will be closed again in the winter as the road becomes part of the Mount Baker Ski Area’s terrain.
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By Kathi O Shea April 21, 2021 8:31 am
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DEMING, Wash. South Fork Valley residents will see a power blip overnight Wednesday-Thursday (April 21-22).
PSE says they will be shutting off the electricity for up to 7 hours starting at 10pm.
The outage will impact homes and businesses in the Highway 9 area from the Skagit County border north to Mount Baker Highway, and the Mount Baker Highway area to Mosquito Lake Road.
Power should be back on for good by 7am tomorrow.
The utility says the work is for normal maintenance and upgrades.
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Evacuations ordered as train derails, burns near Custer
The Bellingham Herald 12/22/2020 Denver Pratt, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Dec. 22 A train has derailed and caught fire in the Custer area and residents and visitors within a half-mile were being evacuated, according to Whatcom County Public Works, the Whatcom County Sheriff s Office and Washington State Patrol.
The train, carrying crude oil, derailed around 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22, in the Custer area, according to Courtney Wallace, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesperson. It is a BNSF train and track, Wallace said.
The train derailed near the 7500 block of Portal Way, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff s Office on Twitter. The sheriff s office is working on evacuating people within a half-mile of the derailment, the agency said.