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Business reopening to be ‘peer-led’

Health Dept. foresees nine testing sites taking 2,400 specimens weekly By Brent Lindquist [email protected]   WHATCOM — To get businesses ready to reopen their doors, county ...

Landscaping firm merges to become Green Earth NW

Ferndale pair with Corion stay involved   FERNDALE — An 18-year-old Ferndale landscape management company recently merged with a Florida firm, becoming GreenEarth NW.   David ...

New diner opening soon downtown

Al Holub brings expertise gathered from 14 years running Big Al’s Diner in Blaine By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — When Al Holub sold Big Al’s Diner in Blaine ...

Don Samuel combines family atmosphere with dance hall feel

Restaurant now open on Industrial Place By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Manuel Reta reads the Bible on the radio every Sunday, and a passage from the Books of ...

Bellewood Acres apple farm sold

Abel family leaves city to take over operations from founders John and Dorie Belisle By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — What would make longtime city folks Eric and ...

Flex Movement Lab: ‘Not your average yoga’

Form-focused fitness classes a new option for Ferndale By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Flex Movement Lab is officially opening its doors to patrons this week, ...

Alcoa reacts to tariffs on foreign aluminum

Exemptions should be extended, and a different approach used with China By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — The new 10-percent tariff on foreign aluminum imports ...

Lifetime leads to farming right on River Road

Riverhaven is Richard Kauffman’s ‘little paradise’ of cooperation with nature By Alyssa Evans for the Lynden Tribune   LYNDEN — Richard Kauffman plans to spend the rest ...

Self-serve taphouse planned for Ferndale

Coconut Kenny’s co-owner partnering with manager to bring DownTime Taps to North Sound Center By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Whatcom County is no stranger ...

KD’s Barber Shop now open

Co-owners readied space for customers in just three weeks By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Even if it’s before or after posted business hours, if the barber ...