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Candidates must file for election week of May 14-18

WHATCOM — Candidate filing week is Monday through Friday, May 14-18, County Auditor Debbie Adelstein announces. Persons interested in running for office can visit the Auditor’s ...

Ex-Lyndenite is fully an Alaska musher, with now a book about it

Bill Miller has become Bill Laughing-Bear LYNDEN ­— The name Bill Laughing-Bear may not be recognized by local readers. That is because it represents part of the Alaska transformation ...

Municipal Courts

Everson-Nooksack Municipal Court was held April 12, 2018, with Michael Bobbink presiding as judge, and the following were found guilty: Darin Erin Cooper, 35, of Bellingham, third-degree ...

Two new whooping cough cases reported in FSD

One Custer student, one FHS student reportedly have sickness The Ferndale School District issued an advisory on Tuesday stating that two more cases of whooping cough (pertussis) had ...

Ferndale Fit returns for summer, fall

Kickoff event May 2 will feature food prepared by Jake Locker, Michael Koenen By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The sun is out again, and that means that Ferndale ...

New program targets first-gen college students

WCC awarded $1.3 million in Upward Bound federal grant; focus is on three local school districts By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — The path of education after high ...

Arch installed to honor local Asian immigrants

Ferndale historian had a hand in researching subject of installation   BELLINGHAM — An installation ceremony for the Arch of Healing and Reconciliation, a granite monument honoring ...

Making Ferndale shine

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An old workhorse made new

Tyler Burnett fixed up old Pioneer Park wagon for Eagle Scout service project By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — A Pioneer Park mainstay recently received a makeover, ...

K-12 students without homes in Ferndale: 92

State counts 322 homeless students in north county; Mt. Baker rising most By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — New data released by the state’s Superintendent of ...