Energy companies asking customers to conserve energy

Pipeline rupture in B.C. is cause WHATCOM — Puget Sound Energy and Cascade Natural Gas have asked customers to conserve natural gas following a pipeline rupture that occurred in British ...

Second half lifts Squalicum over Golden Eagles

Three picks, big Spencer Lloyd night do in Ferndale By Nick Vitalis for the Lynden Tribune   FERNDALE — “It’s on! It starts here! It’s on!” screamed a Squalicum Storm ...

Prep football: Week 7 already

Only two weeks left in regular season for 2A, three weeks for 1A and 3A By Eric Trent [email protected]   WHATCOM — It’s officially crunch time for local prep football, ...

Mike Zender a sports official for 45 years

He was inducted into state Hall of Fame in August By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— It’s 5:30 on a Friday evening and Mike Zender is in his accustomed place: ...

Buys bidding for a fifth term

He makes farm and small-town values his core principles By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] LYNDEN — Rep. Vincent Buys can recall the car rides he took with his father as a ...

Shewmake sees county water compromise as possible

An economist at WWU, she wants good research used By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — Candidate Sharon Shewmake’s decision to run for 42nd District state representative ...

Home prices keep climbing

Third quarter year-to-year increase was almost 12 percent   WHATCOM — A strong market for home sales in Bellingham led the county to another double-digit gain in prices in the ...

State 4-H fair participation

  PUYALLUP ­— Whatcom County had many 4-H participants at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup Aug. 31 through Sept. 23. “They made an impressive showing, winning many championships, ...

Journalism matters because democracy matters

  The week of Oct. 7-13 is National Newspaper Week, and we at the Lynden Tribune and Ferndale Record are proud to assert our core values as newspapers serving our communities. We ...

Ag Advisory Committee meets today

Renewed Ag Strategic Plan spells out issues to dig into By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— Over the summer, the County Council approved an update of the county’s ...