Gasoline prices falling

  Washington gas prices have fallen 1.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.76/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,666 stations in Washington.   Gas ...

Lighting up the night

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Ferndale Senior Activity Center reopening Sept. 7

Center will be open for appointments in August By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale Senior Activity Center began its soft reopening in June, and its ...

The COVID-19 latest

Newest numbers   The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 426,758 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on July 21. There have been 6,066 COVID-19 deaths in ...

Local Point in Time count report on homelessness published

  WHATCOM — Opportunity Council, in partnership with Whatcom County Health Department, published the 2021 Point in Time (PIT) Count Report for Whatcom County on July 16.   The ...

Whatcom County mails primary election ballots

  WHATCOM — Primary Election ballots were mailed Wednesday, July 14. Whatcom County residents are encouraged to complete registrations and address updates by July 26 to avoid ...

In Bloom: Dealing with curveballs in gardening

By David Vos   I’m not the athletic sort, so forgive me for mixing metaphors when I say that we gardeners have to learn to roll with the punches when life throws us curveballs. ...

Q&A with Ferndale City Council position No. 7 candidates

Maralise Fegan   Profession: Paralegal and Office Manager, Boundary Bay Law; Paralegal Studies Program Adjunct Faculty, Whatcom Community College; Behavioral Engineer (parent). ...

Shape your Fire and Emergency Medical Services future

By North Whatcom Fire & Rescue/Fire District 21 Fire Chief Jason Van der Veen and Fire Commissioner Rich Bosman   Summer is in full swing. Along with sunnier days spent outside ...

Citizens scientists assist with hornet traps

WSDA, Whatcom Land Trust partner up to monitor Asian giant hornet activity on trust land By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — Monitoring Asian giant hornets is a massive ...