News briefs – July 8, 2020

Plants still for sale by Master Gardeners at Hovander park   FERNDALE — The Whatcom Master Gardeners still have many varieties of plants available for sale at Hovander Homestead ...

Black Lives march stays peaceful

Police lines hold; mostly youthful walk and speeches countered by a show of Lynden defenders, with flags and guns By Calvin Bratt, Elisa Claassen and Brent Lindquist Lynden Tribune ...

‘Vigil for Our Lives is Saturday

Event is intended as a ‘recharge’ while keeping advocacy momentum going from recent efforts By Brent Lindquist [email protected]   FERNDALE ­— Harmony DeVaney has attended ...

Ferndale launches Clean Neighborhoods Initiative

Residents encouraged to clean up derelict cars, mow yards By Brent Lindquist [email protected]   FERNDALE ­— The City of Ferndale is asking its residents to clean up their ...

Plants still for sale by Master Gardeners at Hovander park

  FERNDALE — The Whatcom Master Gardeners still have many varieties of plants available for sale at Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.   Find ...

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Letters to the Editor — July 1, 2020

Supports Shewmake   Sharon Shewmake, our 42nd Legislative District representative, supports local jobs. After Intalco announced the closure of its Ferndale operation, Sharon met ...

Redistricting process starts soon after U.S. Census ends

Group wants more diverse representation on line-drawing commission   TACOMA — As the 2020 Census concludes this fall, Washington state will begin setting up its 2021 redistricting ...

COVID is the final emergency to many families

United Way has updated its ALICE analysis of those close to poverty   OLYMPIA — When COVID-19 hit, just over 670,000 Washington households were already one emergency away from ...

A dress made of flowers

Creativity of local Triple Wren Farms in June issue of Florists’ Review By Elisa Claassen for the Lynden Tribune   CUSTER — Triple Wren Farms gets into national media in a rather ...