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Chase ends with arrest on multiple charges
WHATCOM — On Jan. 5 around 8:30 p.m., deputies received information on the location of 38-year-old Shawn Sivo, of Ferndale, who was wanted for second-degree assault and possession ...
Health Dept.: COVID wave sweeping county
‘Counts higher than they have ever been’ — toward 450 in last two weeks WHATCOM — There were grim words from the county Health Department on Friday, Jan. 8: “The ...
Lummi ferry truck weight limit raised to 11,000 pounds
WHATCOM — On Jan. 1, 2021, the Ferry Division of county Public Works increased the maximum gross vehicle weight for personal vehicles on the Whatcom Chief ferry from 8,000 pounds ...
No vaccines yet at Family Care Network
It will use the Moderna one, when available WHATCOM — Family Care Network will be using the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, with doses 28 days apart, the local physician network ...
Local federal delegation says, Remove Trump
WHATCOM — All of the Democratic federal legislators representing the county have joined in the call for President Trump to resign or be impeached for his role in inciting what became ...
From cop to counselor
Sheriff’s deputy Jamie Collins of Ferndale goes from ‘life-saving’ to ‘life-giving,’ he says By Elisa Claassen for the Lynden Tribune WHATCOM — On Dec. 31 Whatcom ...
What’s in store for Ferndale in 2021?
Infrastructure improvements coming, altered city events planned By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The coming year is uncertain for a variety of COVID-19-related ...
Chase ends with arrest on multiple charges
Pursuit ended with car spinning out into ditch WHATCOM — On Jan. 5 around 8:30 p.m., deputies received information on the location of 38-year-old Shawn Sivo, of Ferndale, who ...
WCD’s Boggs to retire in June
WHATCOM — George Boggs, executive director of the Whatcom Conservation District for 23-plus years, announces he will retire at the end of June 2021. Boggs wrote this ...
Birch Bay area gets drainage upgrades in ‘21
WHATCOM — Stormwater improvements are coming to the Birch Bay area in 2021 to upgrade drainage systems. Interwest Construction Inc. will do the work in two phases. Overall, ...