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Scientists monitor juvenile European green crab populations in Drayton Harbor
Scientists are keeping a close eye on Drayton Harbor waters after discovering a sizable population of juvenile European green crabs, indicating growth of the highly invasive... — Updated 8/17/2023
Drayton Harbor Oyster Company seeks oyster farm expansion in face of water concerns
Drayton Harbor Oyster Company (DHO) is seeking to expand its oyster growing operations to add an off-bottom farm in a cleaner area of Drayton Harbor as water quality issues... — Updated 2/6/2023
Blaine without a hornet buzz this year as trapping ends
Washington state scientists are wrapping up their search for the northern giant hornet this year without detections in Blaine or statewide, but are asking the public to remain... — Updated 12/15/2022
Border economy is a mixed bag
Mail Boxes International owner Brant Baron stands in his H Street company's storage room lined with boxes. Holiday sales have returned to normal this year, which is about 50... — Updated 12/8/2022
World's largest hornet renamed northern giant hornet
Scientists are now asking the public to refer to the world's largest hornets as "northern giant hornets," opposed to the previously dubbed names "Asian giant hornets" and "murder ho... — Updated 8/11/2022
First Asian giant hornet nest eradicated in east Blaine now on display at the Smithsonian
A piece of Blaine is now displayed for the world to view at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The first Asian giant hornet nest found and... — Updated 7/7/2022