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Ferndale bans recreational fires
All outdoor burning prohibited; propane, natural gas fire pits, barbecures still allowed FERNDALE — The City of Ferndale banned all recreational fires on Sept. 10 in accordance with ...
Council extends Catalyst Program deadline
Council also approved 2021 Organizational Grants Program recipients By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council voted at its Sept. 8 meeting to ...
Ferndale businesses receiving ReStart grants
Businesses can use grant funding to cover rent, wages, operating costs, health measures FERNDALE — More than $290,000 will be distributed to 29 businesses in Ferndale in the form ...
Schooling in the COVID era
If not OK with remote mode, parents get creative — and here’s what some are doing By Elizabeth Kayser for the Lynden Tribune WHATCOM — Public school districts generally ...
Statewide office election forums online starting this week
SEATTLE — The League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund and The Spokesman-Review of Spokane announce that voters across Washington State will be able to view ...
Four Whatcom wastewater plants called ‘outstanding’
OLYMPIA — Four wastewater treatment plants in Whatcom County are among the 125 in the state winning the Outstanding Performance Award for another year. Locally winning ...
News briefs — Sept. 16, 2020
Engedi to host online auction Sept. 22 to ‘fight sex trafficking’ LYNDEN — An online virtual silent auction called “Fight Against Sex Trafficking” runs from 7 to 8:30 ...
Ferndale trying levy again
Effort previously failed in February By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale School District kicked off a year unlike any other last week as learning launched ...
USPS mailing does not apply to Washington voters
Local, state offices were not told in advance of this postcard By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — A recent mailing by the United States Postal Service states ...
Air quality still ‘very unhealthy’ Tuesday
Smokey haze was predicted to gradually ease By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — With smoke from regional wildfires settled in, air quality in the county continued ...