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Tom Banse/NW News NetworkThere was cheering, celebration and emotional reunions along the northern border as the U.S. reopened its land and sea crossings to Canadian leisure travelers for the first time in 19 months. The international ferry between Port Angeles and Victoria began sailing again Monday too, with all of its southbound trips sold out. Some border restrictions remain that could temper the rebound in tourism. -
Tom Banse/NW News NetworkA local fire chief is warning of a looming "humanitarian crisis" on the peninsula of Point Roberts in northwest Washington state. It's a strange predicament brought on by a money-losing supermarket and pandemic-related restrictions on crossing the U.S.-Canada border.
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The most recent extension of the U.S.-Canada border closure expires this Friday, November 21, but no one expects the restrictions to be lifted then. First… -
The Port of Bellingham is increasing temporary ferry service to the isolated enclave of Point Roberts, Washington. That community was largely cut off from… -
The months-long closure of the U.S.-Canada border to non-essential crossings has been extended again. The border crossing restrictions will last at least… -
British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has sided with a Washington man in a decade-long tribal sovereignty case.On Thursday the Court dismissed a second… -
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a five-year-old case that questions the rights outlined in an 1855 treaty between the United States and… -
JoDe Goudy, Chairman of the Yakama Nation, was denied entry to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday. Goudy almost always dons his traditional regalia with… -
Whether a Northwest Native tribe can legally transport goods and services across state lines is at the heart of arguments that will be presented to the… -
The Chinese government announced on Tuesday that it would impose tariffs on $60 billion more of U.S. exports. This widens the range of Pacific Northwest… -
Amazon customers and other mail-order patrons are turning small towns on the northern border into the P.O. box for Canada.Blaine, Sumas and Oroville,… -
A Washington man with tribal roots in Canada is back in court Wednesday in British Columbia. The nearly decade-long case could set precedent for tribal…
