Healthy Pet wins sustainability award

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale’s Healthy Pet is the highest-rated company in Washington in terms of safety, and it has received some more recognition ...

Oboist with WSO in second concert of season Nov. 20

BELLINGHAM — The Whatcom Symphony Orchestra will be joined by Chicago Symphony principal oboist Alex Klein for this season’s second concert. The concert is on Sunday, Nov. 20, at ...

Making room for progress

Ferndale’s Second Avenue fieldhouse was demolished on Tuesday, making room for some upcoming improvements to the Phillips66 Sports Complex. Pending city council approval, the space ...

Halloween events return for another year

By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Haunt the Park and Downtown Trick or Treat are back for another year. On Saturday, Oct. 29, starting at 5 p.m., Main Street will ...

21 miles of county road to receive rumble strips

WHATCOM ­— Approximately 21 miles of county roads will be adapted to rumble strips, with work starting on Monday, Oct. 24, and scheduled to last about three weeks, according to Whatcom ...

Eight injured in two crashes on Lummi Reservation

WHATCOM ­— Two separate crashes on the Lummi Reservation over the weekend sent a total of eight people to the hospital. In both crashes, the driver was suspected of being under the ...

October is National Adopt-A-Dog Month

There are a million good reasons to consider adopting a dog during American Humane’s yearly Adopt-a-Dog Month in October – in fact, it’s a lot more than that. Each year, an estimated ...

A farewell from the Tribune’s sports reporter Headline

I’m thinking back right now to a conversation I had with a family friend last spring about high school sports. He had grown up as a talented athlete in the small eastern Washington ...

EMS levy crucial to maintaining service

This is a guest column from Erica Littlewood Work, chair of the county EMS Saves Lives Committee. A car crash . . . a heart attack . . . a home or workplace injury . . . these events ...

Letters to the Editor — Oct. 19, 2016

Supports EMS levy We have a special opportunity come election day to support a stable source of financing for the next six years for our all-important Emergency Medical Services. It ...