Roads reopened following Thanksgiving flooding

City has reopened VanderYacht Park after weather incident FERNDALE — The Thanksgiving holiday brought flooding to Ferndale and much of Whatcom County last week, leading to road and ...

Holiday tree lighting, Olde Fashioned Christmas this weekend

Olde Fashioned event celebrates 25 years By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — What Ferndale residents have come to know as a holiday city tradition is celebrating ...

State Parks Commission sets special meeting for 2018 work planning

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will have a special planning meeting next week in Seattle. The meeting is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, ...

Boys basketball hopes to surprise in the NWC this year

New season underway on Thursday night at home game By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — The Golden Eagles boys basketball team has a football mentality. Six of the ...

Mayor weighs in on news coverage of misconduct

by Jon Mutchler Ferndale Mayor I’m weighing in late on the news of sexual misconduct by politicians, candidates, corporate heads and celebrities.    But I figure that while I’m ...

Letters to the Editor — Nov. 29, 2017

Hopes for deputy chief position to be restored This letter is to urge the council to “restore” funding in the 2018 Budget for the deputy chief position at the Lynden Police Department. ...

Calendar – Week of Nov. 29

ONGOING Noon music The Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., hosts free live noon-hour entertainment on Wednesdays in the Piano Lounge. It’s Meg Krieg on Nov. 29. Thursday music The Jansen ...

John Bargen

Oct. 12, 1923 – Nov. 20, 2017 “Your gifts are in your hands, John, use them to serve the Lord,” said a wise friend, and so he did. John David Bargen, age 94, beloved husband, ...

Bill Bonsen

William “Bill” Bonsen was such a thankful guy, it seems fitting that after battling cancer for 10 years, he went home on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, 2017, to thank his Lord, face ...

Grace VanderMeulen

Grace VanderMeulen, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, had Thanksgiving dinner with Jesus, her Lord and Savior, passing peacefully in her sleep on Thursday afternoon, ...