Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is Northwest fair’s Saturday show

Tickets for the show go on sale March 16 LYNDEN — The unique and animated style of stand-up comedian Gabriel Iglesias comes to the grandstand stage Saturday, Aug. 19, at the 2017 ...

BelleWood will take help bottling gin

WHATCOM ­— BelleWood Acres invites everyone to come to 6140 Guide Meridian Rd. to participate in a pair of activities: • The apple farm needs to get 330 gallons of gin to bottle. ...

Improvements coming to Mt. Baker Highway over several years

GLACIER — A slew of highway improvements are coming to State Route 542, also known as the Mount Baker Highway, starting this summer and continuing for the next few years, the Washington ...

County Council extends rural permit ban six more weeks

By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] Meanwhile, state legislative ‘fix’ on exempt wells advances out of Senate WHATCOM — After hearing testimony by community members affected ...

Sen. Doug Ericksen holds two-hour town hall

WHATCOM — State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, returned to his 42nd District to hold a town hall meeting on Saturday, and it drew hundreds both in favor of and opposed to his positions ...

City council gets primer on city traffic issues

Several options floated as solutions during a presentation by Transpo Group By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Traveling from one side of downtown Ferndale to ...

Recall charges against Sen. Ericksen dismissed

Senator not present at legal presentations WHATCOM — Recall charges against state Sen. Ericksen, R-Ferndale, were dismissed by a county Superior Court judge Thursday on grounds of ...

Sikhs decry attacks, invite public Sunday

‘Sacred free kitchen’ will be at Pole Rd. temple LYNDEN ­— The Sikh community of Whatcom County joins with other Americans in condemning the racist attack last Friday on an American ...

Groups appeal Ecology’s new CAFO permits

Water resources aren’t protected, critics say By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — On Feb. 17 a coalition of environmental groups including local RE Sources for Sustainable ...

Patriotic essay fourth in state

Baker View’s Iriana Korter wrote on ‘The America I Believe In’ theme WHATCOM — The Patriot’s Pen patriotic essay writing contest of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization ...