Four receive Farm Bureau scholarships
WHATCOM — The Whatcom County Farm Bureau announces four 2020 scholarships given out to current high school seniors or full-time collegiate students. Elijah VanderHaak ...
Road now open to Artist Point
WHATCOM — The last bit of the Mount Baker Highway was opened to the Artist Point parking lot on Thursday, Aug. 13. Vehicles can now get to the high point 5,000 feet above ...
Impaired-driver patrols through Sept. 7
Poly-substance crashes have been on the rise WHATCOM — County Sheriff’s deputies and Bellingham and Ferndale police officers will participate in extra patrols to apprehend ...
Sheriff’s Office creates an interactive crime-data tool
Users can choose variables to view crime data by WHATCOM — The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office has released a new interactive crime-data dashboard allowing members of the ...
Localized testing begins; appointments necessary
Several sites are early each week; Lynden’s are Friday at Bender Fields, Sikh Temple WHATCOM — Community by community, general testing for COVID-19 gets under way this week. ...
FSD takes six-stage approach to reopening
Currently in Stage 2, dial model ends with full reopening By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — School starts in Ferndale on Wednesday, Sept. 2, and the start ...
Four school districts hit case-rate goal
Meridian and Lynden still exceed target of fewer than 25 new cases in past two weeks By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — As of Tuesday, Aug. 25, four county ...
County census response rate: 71.4%
Census takers now following up with non-responders By Elisa Claassen for the Lynden Tribune WHATCOM — In the past month, census takers have begun contacting households that ...
All fall sports pushed to spring
Cross country, girls swimming and boys tennis follow others already decided By Hailey Palmer [email protected] LYNDEN — There will be no high school sports this fall ...
Trio arrested in March fentanyl pills death
Sheriff’s Dept.: Several such fatal overdoses in the past year WHATCOM — The county Sheriff’s Department reports that in the early morning hours of March 9, 2020, its investigators ...