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Volunteers can help finish the Habitat townhomes

  BELLINGHAM — Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County is calling for volunteers to help finish the first phase of the overall 54-unit Telegraph Townhome project on Telegraph Road. ...

PSE will help four Whatcom agencies go solar

  BELLEVUE — As the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted families throughout Washington, local organizations that have been helping them will receive support from Puget Sound Energy. ...

Two join BTC trustees board

  OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed William (Bill) Mirand and Richard (Rick) Kaiser to serve on the Board of Trustees of Bellingham Technical College. Mirand’s term began ...

Northern border remains closed

Border towns feel financial impacts By Elisa Claassen For the Tribune WHATCOM — A recent trip to the Peace Arch border crossing showed maybe two to three cars go through in the course ...

Whatcom man sits in jail after eight-year county battle

Jail time stems from dispute over Hemmi Road motocross track By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — When Danny Brocker took ownership of a motocross track on West Hemmi ...

Schools plan for uncertain future

Six north county districts move forward with reopening, nothing finalized yet By Hailey Palmer [email protected] WHATCOM — The upcoming school year is going to be anything ...

Three sports shifted to spring

WIAA decides no fall football, volleyball or girls soccer By Hailey Palmer and Calvin Bratt Ferndale Record staff   WHATCOM — Statewide, the usual fall sports of high school football, ...

County’s COVID death toll dialed back

Using new state cause-of-death categories, Whatcom’s ‘confirmed’ number is 33 By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— The county death toll from COVID-19 ...

Homelessness Base Camp set up on Cornwall Ave.

It will be there 3-4 years until permanent site is created   BELLINGHAM ­— On July 17 Lighthouse Mission Ministries moved its Base Camp (formerly the Drop-In Center) for sheltering ...

Old Settlers Variety Show online today

Available now, production fills in for canceled annual Old Settlers Picnic By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — For the past month, Riley Sweeney has spent his time ...