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2021 Whatcom home show shifted to Sept. 24-26

  WHATCOM ­— The Whatcom County Home & Garden Show, usually held each March at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden, is rescheduled to Sept. 24-26, 2021.   The ...

Weather closes Lynden testing site Saturday

But another site was opened at the Bellingham airport Monday   WHATCOM — The COVID-19 testing site at the Northwest Fairgrounds in Lynden was closed on Saturday, Feb. 13, due ...

Bills to limit governor’s emergency powers go nowhere

Other bills to get businesses, schools open also rebuffed   This is a Feb. 10 story by Franz Wiechers-Gregory from the Washington Policy Center.   Through much of 2020, some ...

Legislature makes sure aid businesses got is not taxable

HB 1095 is now to governor for his signature   OLYMPIA — Washington’s largest and leading small-business association thanked the State Senate for passing HB 1095 on Feb. 10. ...

Redistricting committee gets going, chooses Jensen chair

  WHATCOM ­— As required by law after every U.S. Census, a county Districting Committee has been formed and has already had two meetings.   The members were appointed by ...

Ferndale High School theater returns

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City considering affordable-housing levy

Levy would bring in $712,000 each year for 10 years By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The City of Ferndale is again considering an affordable-housing levy in 2021 ...

Whatcom OK’d for Phase 2

Gov. Inslee lets whole state get to greater reopening; prep sports can start Season 1 By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   OLYMPIA ­— Gov. Jay Inslee announced at a Thursday ...

Whatcom OK’d for Phase 2

Gov. Inslee is allowing most of the state to get to greater reopening   OLYMPIA ­— Gov. Jay Inslee announced at a Thursday afternoon press conference that most of Washington ...

Avian flu is on the spread

WSDA will do an educational webinar Feb. 23 OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Agriculture will offer a free webinar to help poultry owners protect their birds from avian ...