I-5 traffic shifts to one-lane median bypass

Northbound has its turn for six days, then to southbound   FERNDALE — Travelers who use southbound Interstate 5 between Birch Bay-Lynden Road and State Route 548/Grandview Road ...

GOP governor candidates in broadcast forum Thursday

  WHATCOM — A forum of four GOP candidates for governor will be carried on local radio station KGMI 790 AM at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 18. It will also be on KTTH 770 of Seattle ...

Graduation ceremony looks different in 2020

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WCLS distributing books curbside

‘Grab-bag,’ printing services also available By Brent Lindquist [email protected]   WHATCOM — It looks a little different than usual, but the Whatcom County Library ...

COVID-19 cases in Lynden area spike

Border closure extended to July 21, although Canada lets immediate family visit By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— The latest county numbers on COVID-19 show ...

100,000 masks available for businesses

Whatcom Unified Command is taking the lead   WHATCOM — Whatcom Unified Command, the multi-jurisdictional response to COVID-19 locally, has begun distributing more than 100,000 ...

County deaths now at 38

County, state are aligning their systems, definitions By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— The county, as of Tuesday, June 9, stood at having 420 confirmed cases ...

Silver Lake camping reopens, with various limits

  WHATCOM — Effective Monday, June 8, Whatcom County Parks and Recreation began taking camping reservations for the Silver Lake Park campground. This coincided with Whatcom County’s ...

40 years, and now looking ahead

By Michael D. Lewis Publisher, Lynden Tribune and Ferndale Record   This week marks my 40th anniversary at the Tribune! It’s not really the way I was hoping to celebrate, in the ...

Businesses get into reopening

Churches back to some congregating too By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— With Friday’s word that the county could go to Phase 2 of Safe Start reopening, ...