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‘I only wanted to work in Ferndale’

New Ferndale Superintendent Kristi Dominguez applauds district’s student-centered focus By Leora Watson  [email protected]  FERNDALE – On March 25, the Ferndale School Board ...

Scratching that competitive itch

Joshua Amberson, Terry Stach help make Whatcom County softball a success By Leora Watson  [email protected]  FERNDALE — Softball is how Joshua Amberson and Terry Stach met. ...

Ferndale City Clerk Susan Duncan completes service as state Municipal Clerks Association pres.

Ferndale City Clerk Susan Duncan recently completed her term as president of the Washington Municipal Clerks Association. The Association, WMCA for short, sets the professional and ...

Virtual meetings, ministry, conventions keep congregants active, safe

Juanita Tapia would rarely go more than a few days without knocking on a door or visiting a Bible student as part of her volunteer ministry. That abruptly changed in the spring of 2020 ...

New Ferndale Superintendent Kristi Dominguez applauds district’s student-centered focus

‘I only wanted to work in Ferndale’ By Leora Watson  [email protected]  FERNDALE – On March 25, the Ferndale School Board named Kristi Dominguez its new superintendent. ...

Where are they now? Sumas resident Tricia Griffin Hadeen and family looking for stability

By Elisa Claassen For the Record  SUMAS — The November 2021 floods displaced many residents in Sumas, Nooksack, and Everson. Homes were flooded, evacuated, even torn apart. Many ...

Supplemental American Rescue Plan funding available

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced supplemental American Rescue Plan Act funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP).  The program will receive a ...

Flood infrastructure repair comes at a price

County uses $3 million so far  By Elisa Claassen For the Record WHATCOM — Around $3.1 million has been spent so far on Whatcom County road repairs in the historic flood response ...

Kristi Dominguez is Ferndale’s new superintendent

FERNDALE — Friday, the Ferndale School Board named Kristi Dominguez as its new superintendent. Dominguez currently serves as the assistant superintendent of Teaching & Learning ...

Standards for police pursuits, use of force, defined

By Juan Morfin Washington State Journal Police can pursue and stop vehicles if they have a reasonable suspicion of a crime being committed under new legislation that is headed to the ...