Halloween events return for another year

By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Haunt the Park and Downtown Trick or Treat are back for another year. On Saturday, Oct. 29, starting at 5 p.m., Main Street will ...

21 miles of county road to receive rumble strips

WHATCOM ­— Approximately 21 miles of county roads will be adapted to rumble strips, with work starting on Monday, Oct. 24, and scheduled to last about three weeks, according to Whatcom ...

Eight injured in two crashes on Lummi Reservation

WHATCOM ­— Two separate crashes on the Lummi Reservation over the weekend sent a total of eight people to the hospital. In both crashes, the driver was suspected of being under the ...

Legals – October 26, 2016

CITY OF FERNDALE LEGAL NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO ISSUE A MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE The City of Ferndale has received application(s) from the applicant referenced ...

October is National Adopt-A-Dog Month

There are a million good reasons to consider adopting a dog during American Humane’s yearly Adopt-a-Dog Month in October – in fact, it’s a lot more than that. Each year, an estimated ...

A farewell from the Tribune’s sports reporter Headline

I’m thinking back right now to a conversation I had with a family friend last spring about high school sports. He had grown up as a talented athlete in the small eastern Washington ...

EMS levy crucial to maintaining service

This is a guest column from Erica Littlewood Work, chair of the county EMS Saves Lives Committee. A car crash . . . a heart attack . . . a home or workplace injury . . . these events ...

Letters to the Editor — Oct. 19, 2016

Supports EMS levy We have a special opportunity come election day to support a stable source of financing for the next six years for our all-important Emergency Medical Services. It ...

Elmer Kaemingk

Elmer Kaemingk, age 89, of Lynden, passed away on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Elmer was born Feb. 13, 1927, to Engelbert and Johanna (Kraayenbrink) Kaemingk in Sanborn, Iowa. He was the ...

Mildred Passe

Mildred (Millie) Louise Passe, age 83, passed away peacefully at the Christian Health Care Center on Oct. 7, 2016. She was born on Jan. 28, 1933 in Nelson, Wisconsin, to Nels and Rachel ...