UPDATE: Council overrides Mutchler’s veto

FERNDALE — The largest tax increase in Ferndale’s history remains in place as the Ferndale City Council voted to override mayor Jon Mutchler’s veto of it this morning. The council ...

WCLS forgiving all library fines

Starting Jan. 2, county libraries will no longer collect fines on overdue materials By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — The Whatcom County Library System will soon ...

Olde Fashioned Christmas Dec. 6-8 weekend

‘Christmas in the Woods’ is Pioneer Park theme in 2019 By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — This year’s Olde Fashioned Christmas is heading into the woods. ...

Mutchler vetoes property tax increase

Mayor cites 2014 meeting at which council was promised fire district annexation would not affect property taxes; special meeting scheduled for Wednesday FERNDALE — Ferndale mayor ...

Chief Knapp memorial service at 1 p.m. today

Live-streaming will be to North County Christ the King in Lynden   WHATCOM ­— The memorial service for Michael Knapp will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Bellingham Christ ...

A plan for winter emergency homeless shelters

County and Bellingham are coordinating   WHATCOM — Whatcom County and the City of Bellingham are coordinating with several nonprofit community and faith-based organizations to ...

Library system names its many Champions

This ends 75th-year celebration   WHATCOM — As part of its recent 75th anniversary celebration, the Whatcom County Library System selected 75 Library Champions (or groups of them) ...

Betty Purcell

  A memorial service for Betty Farley Purcell will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 8398 NE 12th St., Medina. Mrs. Purcell, a resident of Redmond, ...

Nancy King

  Nancy “Snag” King, age 71, passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2019, at her home in Lynden, with family by her side.   She was born on Oct. 4, 1948, in Bellingham to Trevore ...

Stanley Loreen

  Stanley L. Loreen, age 82, passed away on Sept. 22, 2019.   He was born July 21, 1937, in Bellingham to Gustav and Agnes Loreen. Stan lived in the Lynden area and attended ...