Task force will plan business reopening
County Health Dept. also seeks greater testing across the population By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — The Whatcom County Health Department hopes to create ...
Overpass construction starts next week
Ferndale City Council voted to send ‘Ferndale First’ resolution back to committee By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — A project decades in the making is finally ...
City cancels all summer activities
Old Settlers’ Weekend, Street Festival, parks activities all canceled FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale canceled all of its planned summer activities, including the Ferndale Street ...
Whatcom ahead in census response
Lynden at 60%, Ferndale at 59; dates adjusted due to COVID By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — County census response is ahead of the national curve, according ...
Lynden wants construction to continue
Series of city notices tries to get around state shutdown order By Calvin Bratt [email protected] LYNDEN — The City of Lynden got some broader attention last week for ...
Dairy industry seeks COVID disaster relief
Proposals may be taken up by Congress soon By Calvin Bratt [email protected] OLYMPIA — Without taking a position on the specifics of the plans, the Washington State Dairy ...
Sloane hired to head WCC cross country
He has been at Mount Baker, Nooksack Valley high schools BELLINGHAM — Whatcom Community College Athletics has hired Jay Sloane as head coach of the men’s and women’s cross ...
Schools must report sports concussions
New state law sets rules for details to be given each Oct. 1, starting 2021 By Hailey Palmer [email protected] WHATCOM — A new law sets protocol for reporting concussions ...
GOP governor candidate Culp criticizes ‘stay-at-home’ order
He sees it as excessive, making winners or losers SPOKANE — Washington gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp, who received statewide and national media attention after rejecting ...
Beyond May 4? ‘We’re not out of the woods yet’
County Health Dept. details a predictive model, saying pullback must be gradual By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” ...