Uniting the community

Locals came together to celebrate culture found throughout Ferndale By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — After taking a one-year hiatus, the Ferndale Festival of Arts, ...

Calendar – Week of March 29

Ongoing Lunchtime music Each Wednesday, a local musician performs during the lunch hour at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., as guests enjoy lunch at the Firehall Cafe. Free. Sylvia ...

Easter Bunny Train has three runs April 8

WHATCOM — The Easter Bunny Train, operated by the nonprofit Lake Whatcom Railway, rides again Saturday, April 8, from Wickersham Station near Acme. Passengers will listen to live ...

Must be spring — Cloud Mountain begins Saturday growing workshops

On Saturdays EVERSON ­— Cloud Mountain Farm Center, 6906 Goodwin Rd., is starting up its 90-minute horticultural public workshops for the new growing season. This is the upcoming ...

Van Werven bill on disclosing textbook costs passes House

OLYMPIA — The state House of Representatives has unanimously passed a measure that would provide community and technical college students the costs of required textbooks and course ...

Remembering the longtime former food bank director

  In this guest commentary Suzanne Nevan, executive director of the Ferndale Food Bank, pays tribute to Sharon Robinson On March 1, 2017, Sharon Robinson, the longtime former director ...

Ferndale baseball, walk-off winners

Golden Eagles baseball team completes the comeback to earn much-needed first conference win By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — To say the Golden Eagles desperately ...

Reps. Buys, Van Werven to take phone call-ins next Tuesday

Lawmakers will take questions, provide perspectives WHATCOM ­— Forty-second District Reps. Vincent Buys and Luanne Van Werven, both Lynden Republicans, will host a telephone town ...

Local students in statewide geography bee

National Geographic competition at Pacific Lutheran Univ. WHATCOM — Three local students will be in the National Geographic State Bee at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma this ...

Weg, Asplund to represent local dairy industry

Scholarships also given out WHATCOM ­— Emma Weg is the county Dairy Ambassador for 2017-18, with Annika Asplund as alternate. A coronation event sponsored by Dairy Women was Saturday, ...