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EP&O Levy helps Ferndale employ 100-plus educators

By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter FERNDALE — On Feb. 13, Ferndale School District’s voters passed a $64 million levy that promises to fund dozens of programs, activities and resources ...

Ferndale Kiwanis Club honored by local Sons of the American Revolution

Recognized for posting flags along Main Street By Bill Helm Editor FERNDALE — On March 5, Ferndale Kiwanis Club was recognized for three decades of placing American flags along the ...

Rep. Larsen secures $19.3M for north Whatcom projects

New Ferndale civic campus, Lynden Bradley Road upgrading on list By Cal Bratt For the Record WHATCOM — Second District Congressman Rep. Rick Larsen secured $19.3 million for 15 projects ...

Ferndale City Council hears from county health head

No pressing business done in 75-minute meeting By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — Beside approving payroll and meeting minutes, the Ferndale City Council had no business to act ...

UPDATE: Inmate charged with controlled substance homicide at Whatcom County Jail

Staff Reports WHATCOM — A 38-year-old inmate has been charged with controlled substance homicide in the March 13 death and overdose at Whatcom County Jail. Angel Leffingwell was also ...

COUNTRY LIFE: New life and color for lawn and garden

IN BLOOM By David Vos LYNDEN — Charles Dickens once wrote of sunny March days as “summer in the light and winter in the shade.” With the promise of sunny, warmer weather arriving ...

COUNTRY LIFE: Benchmark jumps 91 cents from January

The nation’s benchmark milk price reversed two months of decline in February but still has a ways to go to return profitability to most U.S. farms. The Federal order Class III milk ...

Farmers object to break for rural parcels

Up to a half-acre of yard watering could use Ecology’s easier short form  By Cal Bratt For the Tribune WHATCOM — The state-mandated adjudication of water rights in the Nooksack ...

Dominguez wins Crystal Apple Award

RENTON — On March 6, Kristi Dominguez received the 2024 Crystal Apple Award from the Washington School Public Relations Association (WSPRA) today at the association’s winter conference. ...

Ferndale Schools celebrate National FFA Week

By Melissa Kudsk and Amy McKay Ferndale School District FFA FERNDALE — This year, the Ferndale FFA celebrated National FFA Week with a multitude of events throughout the week, Feb. ...