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Spring run a big draw despite rain

Korinda Bullard, left, an employee at the newly opened Anytime Fitness on Portal Way, takes time to stamp visitors during Saturday’s Spring Run Off, hosted by the Ferndale Chamber ...

Calendar for March 18

ONGOING Craft show The 29th annual Spring Craft & Antique Show runs March 19-21 in the Northwest Washington Fair’s Haggen Expo Building. The show includes over 100 vendors from ...

Neer graduates from USAF basic training

SAN ANTONIO — The U.S. Air Force announces that Airman Austin R. Neer has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas. Neer completed ...

Calendar for March 11

Thursday Cascade Connections Cascade Connections, formerly Cascade Christian Services, will hold a ribbon cutting event at its new Ferndale facility, 1354 Pacific Place, Suite 101, ...

Sessions build confidence, life planning skills

BELLINGHAM — Registration is now open for free career and life success courses offered by the Whatcom Community College Turning Point program. Graduates gain skills and confidence ...

Local grief advocate, radio host turns writer and convention planner

Lynda Cheldelin Fell went from grieving herself to helping others grieve FERNDALE — Lynda Cheldelin Fell couldn’t have known where her journey of healing would take her. What began ...

Ferndale Library sees uptick in usage

FERNDALE — The Ferndale Library is being used much more since its last move from Pioneer Pavilion to the new facility on Main Street. That’s what manager Sarah Koehler shared with ...

Students honored by Custer VFW

The Custer Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9474 and its Ladies Auxiliary honored local students on Jan. 27, who had entered the VFW annual scholarship contest and been declared winners. ...

Hovander Park plant sale May 9

FERNDALE — The annual plant sale of WSU Whatcom Extension will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, at Hovander Homestead Park. Locally grown tomato plants, perennials, herbs ...

Calendar for Feb. 25

WEDNESDAY Aging in place The Bellingham Senior Activity Center will host an event titled “What’s Next – Housing Options as We Age” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 315 Halleck St., ...