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On to the football playoffs

By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale’s Cole Semu took a handoff 84 yards for a touchdown on the Golden Eagles’ first play of the game and never looked ...

The calm before districts, state

The Ferndale girls swim team was at the Arne Hanna Aquatics Center in Bellingham for a meet against Sehome on Thursday, Oct. 20. The Mariners ended up winning 125-57 over the Golden ...

Prepare for winter driving conditions

OLYMPIA — With winter on the way, now is the time to start preparing before the snow starts to fly. The Washington State Department of Transportation urges all drivers to prepare ...

Downtown Trick or Treat and Haunt the Park

More than 2,000 kids attended Downtown Trick or Treat on Oct. 29 on Main Street in Ferndale. Forty-five businesses opened their doors and welcomed event-goers of all ages. At 5 p.m. ...

County halts rural permit process

By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM ­— The county has slapped a hold on development permit applications for land where new private wells would be needed. The County ...

Community is key to suicide prevention

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — For the founders of Suicide Prevention Feat (SPF), preventing suicide is about getting the issue out in the open. Randi Taggart, ...

Author Mary Doria Russell to visit Western’s Fairhaven College Nov. 2

BELLINGHAM — Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies will host Mary Doria Russell for a discussion of her best-selling book, “The Sparrow,” ...

Farm Bureau annual meeting also addresses issue of flooding farmland

LYNDEN — A government plan to flood approximately 800 acres of Whatcom County farmland and convert it into fish habitat will be discussed Thursday, Oct. 27, during the Whatcom County ...

Public Meetings — Oct. 26, 2016

Wednesday, Oct. 26 • Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee, Civic Center Annex Garden Room, 322 N. Commercial St., Bellingham, 3 p.m. • Meridian School Board, ...

Letters to the Editor — Oct. 26, 2016

Remembering a home Thank you for emailing the Friday news alerts edition of the Tribune to me. I read with interest your story about traffic revision on Main Street. Our family grew ...