City will ask for more resource officer compensation from FSD

Mayor advised against asking for more until contract is up By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Numbers played a big role in the Ferndale City Council’s Monday ...

Pass the Hat helps families in sudden need

Small donations from local donors help people cover bills when sudden tragedy strikes By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — The word “philanthropist” is often only ...

FHS students walk out after high school bond fails

About 100 students took to Ferndale streets to raise school issue awareness By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale High School students, frustrated by the outcome ...

Two races to hand recount

42nd District state legislative contests all deeply divided By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM — Two state 42nd Legislative District races are so close that votes ...

Be the One up and running in Ferndale

FSD has funded program’s first semester; Scott and Anita Locker heading up community backing By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Lynden-based Be The One mentoring ...

Winter homeless camp community is possible

Sanctioned tent encampment would be first in Whatcom County By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — Nonprofit HomesNOW! is moving forward with plans to create a temporary ...

DNA bacteria tracking to be tried in Whatcom County

Conservation District and partners will develop a fecal source ‘catalog’   WHATCOM — The Whatcom Conservation District and partners are starting some new research that uses ...

Ken Erickson

  Longtime Lynden Middle School teacher Ken Erickson, age 83, passed away Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at the Christian Health Care Center.   Ken was born June 5, 1935, in Bremerton, ...

Charles Millsap

  Charles “Charlie” Millsap died peacefully in the Whatcom Hospice House on Nov. 9, 2018 in Bellingham, at the age of 68. After courageously fighting and beating cancer 14 years ...

Gladys Ammerman

  Gladys Ammerman of Lynden passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, at the age of 81.   Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.