New Ferndale High School takes shape

Use of new gym, PE room starts this fall; academic wing opens in January 2023  By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — Out with the old, in with the new. Both demolition and construction ...

Jam on the River: Ferndale street festival reimagined

Live music, vendors and food trucks on Aug. 27  By Leora Watson Staff Reporter FERNDALE — Jam on the River hosted by Ferndale Chamber of Commerce will return for its second year ...

Ferndale fires officer charged with attempted child molestation

By Bill Helm Editor FERNDALE — Because of “an inability to carry out his duties,” the City of Ferndale has fired Officer Scott Langton as of Aug. 23. At approximately 9 a.m. Tuesday, ...

Community Calendar for August 17, 2022

Aug. 19-20 Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon At 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 and Saturday, Aug. 20, watch as Ferndale High School Theater Alumni presents Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon. ...

Letter to the Editor: August 17, 2022

Flood prevention nixed by absence Editor, Here we are — rounding out the calendar year — 10 months after the November 2021 flood overflowed the banks of the Nooksack River. We have ...

Whatcom County home sales slowed by higher interest rates

LYNDEN — Whatcom County housing prices reached all-time highs again in the second quarter of 2022, but the number of homes sold felt the impact of rising mortgage rates. The median ...

Julia Parker joins North Coast Credit Union

WHATCOM — North Coast Credit Union recently appointed Julia Parker as vice president/member business lending. In the financial industry, Parker has served clients in northwest Washington ...

900-day threat to our liberties

Wednesday, Aug. 17 marks the 900th day since Gov. Jay Inslee declared emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I know for many of us this probably isn’t top of mind ...

Toni Feller

Toni Feller  Toni Diane (Visser) Feller passed away Aug. 8 from epithelial ovarian cancer.  Toni was born to Thelma (Rector) and Harold Visser on Aug. 16, 1945. She attended Lynden ...

Oscar Rauch

Oscar Rauch Oscar Lawrence Rauch, age 83, of Blaine passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 14.   Oscar was born to Gustav and Olga Rauch on Sept. 16, 1938 and grew up working on his ...