Public Meetings — Sept. 13, 2017

Wednesday, Sept. 13 • Ag Water Board (coordinating entity of Watershed Improvement Districts), 1796 Front St., Lynden, 1 p.m. • Meridian School Board, Meridian High School board ...

Skookum Kids targets ‘modern orphan crisis’

Mt. Baker Rotary extends its support for foster parenting WHATCOM — Ray Deck III is the founding director of Skookum Kids. “We face a modern orphan crisis,” he said when he launched ...

Legals- September 13, 2017

FERNDALE INVITATION FOR BID CITY OF FERNDALE THORNTON STREET SANITARY SEWER PROJECT City Project No. SS2015-03 Sealed bid proposals will be received by the City of Ferndale at Ferndale ...

Passenger-only service to Lummi Island starts today

GOOSEBERRY POINT — Dry dock for the Whatcom Chief ferry begins Thursday, Sept. 7, with return to regular schedule not until Monday, Sept. 25. As always, the return date is tentative ...

Bluegrass tunes at Hovander Homestead Park

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Closing out a ‘Summer of Fun’

City ended series with Last Bite of Summer By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Riley Sweeney and the City of Ferndale intended the inaugural “Summer of Fun” ...

Citizen lawsuit targets Ferndale Grain

Environmental groups allege stormwater discharges violating Clean Water Act By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Seattle-based Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and RE Sources ...

Haggen taking donations for Red Cross in Harvey relief

CBP units have also deployed WHATCOM — Haggen is partnering with the American Red Cross to raise funds to provide relief for victims of Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath. Through ...

Fish: For the birds

Ferndale’s Sardis Raptor Center accepting Atlantic salmon that can’t be disposed of FERNDALE — A couple of weeks after thousands of farmed salmon escaped from the Cooke Aquaculture ...

Let’s never forget our POWs

This is a guest column submitted by Lonnie Rose, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9301 of Lynden. On Friday, Sept. 15, Americans will pause to remember the sacrifices and ...