Schools back in session
All middle and high schools to hybrid mode; schools have not transmitted COVID, their leaders say By Calvin Bratt and Brent Lindquist Record staff WHATCOM — Three local public ...
Thornton project still settling
Conservatively, settlement period may last into summer 2022; project completion estimated to happen in 2023 By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale ...
County COVID rate is easing
Vaccine supply still far less than demand By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — COVID-19 disease activity was definitely headed downward in late January from ...
Vista celebrates the Great Kindness Challenge
Weeklong event encourages kindness in Ferndale’s middle schools By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — In an ordinary year, Vista Middle School’s Kindness Week ...
COVID cases break out at Sheriff’s Office work center
BELLINGHAM — On Jan. 19 around 5:30 p.m., an offender living in one of the dormitory units at the minimum security Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Work Center, 2030 Division ...
Ericksen: Cap and trade bill too big for a COVID session
‘We shouldn’t be debating (bills) … when the public isn’t here,’ says local senator OLYMPIA — The governor’s new cap-and-trade proposal got its first hearing ...
Senate Dems extend Inslee’s emergency orders …
… indefinitely By Franz Wiechers-Gregory [email protected] OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee took the oath of office for his third consecutive four-year term on Jan. 13 ...
KWPZ’s Jim Bouma passes unexpectedly
40 years with the station, he and co-host Lynette Morgan won a national award in 2011 By Calvin Bratt [email protected] LYNDEN — Jim Bouma, Lynden resident and 40-year ...
Revenue wants businesses to pay excise tax electronically
OLYMPIA — Businesses that file their state excise taxes annually are now required to file and pay electronically beginning with their 2020 return (due April 15, 2021). The Department ...
Slide closes Ken Hertz Trail
WHATCOM — A landslide in Lake Whatcom Park on the east side of the lake is affecting use of the Ken Hertz Trail. The trail is closed to all users near the 1.25-mile marker. ...