2019 raspberry harvest down 11.6 percent

February cold, as well as drop in growers, are cited as factors By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— Fewer growers and a blast of bad February weather together ...

Time for a new fish hatchery model for Washington

By Luanne Van Werven   This past summer on a cool, drizzly day in Alaska I had the opportunity to see firsthand how that state has turned a dwindling salmon population into a successful ...

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Looking ahead to the General Election and what it means for Ferndale

Six City Council positions and the mayor’s job up for election Nov. 5 By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The general election is less than a month away on Nov. ...

Record’s Lewis receives Master Editor/Publisher award

Ferndale paper also wins General Excellence again   OLYMPIA ­— Michael D. Lewis, publisher of the Lynden Tribune, received the prestigious Miles Turnbull Master Editor/Publisher ...

Ferndale blasts Oak Harbor for third win in a row

Golden Eagles score five TDs on the ground; Squalicum is next opponent By Tyler Urke for the Ferndale Record   FERNDALE — Freshman running back Isaiah Carlson played his first ...

First Amendment binds all American freedoms

By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia   Freedom of the press, of speech, of religion, of assembly and to petition the government are woven, like stars in the flag, into the fabric of ...

Letters to the Editor — Oct. 9, 2019

Speaking out on Referendum 88   Martin Luther King, in his August 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech, emphasized that dream, stating: “I have a dream that my four little children ...

Michael Colon

  Michael Colon, age 50, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at this home in Lynden surrounded by his wife, family and friends following a courageous and hard-fought battle with ...

Sid Fekkes

  Sid Fekkes, of Everson, passed away on Oct. 3, 2019, at the age of 66 at Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham after a short illness.   Sid was born to Fred and Shirley Fekkes ...