Chase ends with arrest on multiple charges

Pursuit ended with car spinning out into ditch   WHATCOM — On Jan. 5 around 8:30 p.m., deputies received information on the location of 38-year-old Shawn Sivo, of Ferndale, who ...

LEGALS- January 6, 2021

FERNDALE NOTICE OF APPLICATION The City of Ferndale has initiated an amendment to the City of Ferndale Shoreline Master Program. No approvals have been granted at this time. No formal ...

WCD’s Boggs to retire in June

  WHATCOM ­— George Boggs, executive director of the Whatcom Conservation District for 23-plus years, announces he will retire at the end of June 2021.   Boggs wrote this ...

Birch Bay area gets drainage upgrades in ‘21

  WHATCOM ­— Stormwater improvements are coming to the Birch Bay area in 2021 to upgrade drainage systems.   Interwest Construction Inc. will do the work in two phases. Overall, ...

New group plans a Jan. 18 online event

Racial Unity Now has built a base for sustainability By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   LYNDEN ­— The group Racial Unity Now plans to host an interactive online event ...

No increase in workers’ comp insurance in ‘21

‘Fulfillment centers’ may be own risk class   TUMWATER — For the first time in two decades, Washington workers’ compensation rates have dropped or stayed steady for four ...

Latest state grant round $100 million

It is heavily to restaurants and fitness centers   OLYMPIA — The state Department of Commerce announced on Dec. 31 that over 7,800 small businesses will receive a Working Washington ...

Whatcom home sales up 10.5% in 2020

Ferndale median price now $455,450; most communities’ number rises   WHATCOM — The county’s median home sales price in 2020 recorded its third double-digit percentage increase ...

One-quarter of adults go on WA Notify for COVID alerts

Technology does not reveal location or personal data   OLYMPIA — By the end of December, in less than a month from its rollout, more than 1.5 million people activated WA Notify, ...

Schools trying to get back to in-person

NV aims for Jan. 12, Lynden assessing, many have set Feb. 1 By Hailey Palmer [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— Most public school districts across the county plan to see ...