Calendar – Week of Aug. 2

Ongoing Noon music The Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., hosts free live noon-hour entertainment on Wednesdays in the Piano Lounge. Sylvia Bos plays Aug. 2, Jan Brink Aug. 23 and Jacqui ...

Vintage Farming Days kick off today at Berthusen

It’s a new event name for the Puget Sound Antique Tractor & Machinery Association show, with John Deere the 2017 featured brand By Brent Lindquist [email protected] LYNDEN ...

Southbound lanes of Guide closed four days this week

Closure is for concrete repair at Nooksack River bridge By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The Guide Meridian/State Route 539 southbound lanes are closed for four ...

Roads getting chip-sealing

WHATCOM — County Public Works has scheduled several roads for chip-sealing the week of July 31 through Aug. 3 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The roads are: Bob Hall, Farm Drive, ...

Lummi athlete nominated for Native American Player of the Year award

Former standout at Lummi High School continues to earn accolades By Kevin Doucette [email protected] LUMMI — Trazil Lane has earned many great achievements in his young sports ...

Ferndale 12U team and families headed to World Series

Donations come in to help the Ferndale 12U Cal Ripken major-60 in their quest By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale’s 12U Cal Ripken major-60 manager Bill ...

Sunshine and softball  at Pioneer Days

Another great turnout for the annual Pioneer Days softball tournament By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — An estimated 500 softball players flocked to Pioneer Park ...

Baseball: Ferndale 12U is World Series bound

“We are bigger and stronger than almost all of the teams we have played,” manager Bill Hatchett said. “But Co County was as big, if not bigger, than us. They were a great team ...

Strict distracted-driving law now in effect

Use of handheld devices now prohibited, with few exceptions By Brent Lindquist [email protected] LYNDEN — As of Sunday, July 23, drivers in Washington had to be a bit more careful ...

No Hirst fix, no capital budget

42nd District legislators lambast last week’s failure to find agreement OLYMPIA ­— The Washington State Legislature ended a third extra session last week — with no plans for ...