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COUNTRY LIFE OCTOBER 2022: Death, taxes … and rain
Ben Franklin once said that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. But he had obviously never visited the Pacific Northwest in autumn and experienced the rainy season that, ...
COUNTRY LIFE OCTOBER 2022: Benchmark down 28 cents, butter at record high
The September Federal order Class III benchmark milk price was announced at $19.82 per hundredweight, down 28 cents from August, after plunging $2.42 in August, but is $3.29 above September ...
The importance of family
For some people, visiting family might be a short drive down the road. For me recently, it was two flights and 17 hours of traveling. It has been almost a month since I returned from ...
EMS linked to quality of life
When someone calls 9-1-1 for a medical emergency, they rightfully expect an immediate, professional response from their local EMS provider. Understandably, the caller isn’t thinking ...
Nooksack River adjudication ‘is necessary’
I am a retired litigation attorney, a member of the (Water Resource Inventory Area 1, the Nooksack River watershed) WRIA 1 Environmental Caucus, and chair of Sierra Club’s Mt. Baker ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 12, 2022
Malfeasance toward general welfare? Editor, What right do Whatcom County Council members Barry Buchanan, Carol Frazey, Kaylee Galloway and Todd Donovan, and County Executive Satpal ...
Ferndale Library’s new manager makes plans to meet community needs
By Leora Watson Staff Reporter FERNDALE — A library’s reach in the community goes far beyond the books it lends. While libraries are a place for community members to have access ...
Briefly: Ferndale and the surrounding areas in the news, Oct. 12, 2022
Accident claims motorcyclist’s life on I-5 in Bellingham By Bill Helm Editor BELLINGHAM — A motorcyclist was killed Thursday evening on Interstate 5 just south of Lakeway Drive, ...
Summer dryness continues into October
By Cal Bratt For the Record WHATCOM — From a cold wet spring and early summer it would have been hard to imagine the dry stretch that followed. After 4.37 inches of rainfall in June ...
Struggling to ‘serve and protect’
Municipal, county law enforcement hold forum at Meridian High School By Elisa Claassen For the Record WHATCOM — Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office cruisers cover 2,500 square miles ...