Girls basketball keeps up with top-quality teams

Team heads into winter break with a 1-1 conference record By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — After dropping their conference opener 65-47 against the Lynden Christian ...

Restrooms being installed at Star Park

FERNDALE — More than a year since being constructed by local volunteers, the Star Park has a bathroom. The structure arrived on Thursday, Dec. 14, and while there is still some plumbing ...

Shock yourself with a polar dip on Jan. 1, 2018

WHATCOM ­— Keeping up a tradition, the Polar Bear Plunge at Birch Bay happens again on Jan. 1, with costume (or swimsuit) judging at 11:30 a.m. and the big plunge into the bay at ...

Cuban arrested at Blaine border

BLAINE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Peace Arch Port of Entry detained a 47-year-old Cuban citizen Friday afternoon after Canada Border Services Agency escorted her ...

Secure medicine return program approved

It will start in Whatcom in 2018 WHATCOM ­— The County Council, in its role as health board, voted unanimously on Dec. 5 to create and fund a secure medicine-return program for Whatcom ...

Nominate for business awards

BELLINGHAM — Nominations are invited for the 32nd annual Business Person of the Year Awards. Who left an indelible imprint on the business and economic landscape in Whatcom County ...

Louise Bouma

Louise Bouma of Lynden, age 96, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 12. She was a daughter of Frank and Anna Abram born on Aug. 5, 1921 in Buffalo, Wyoming. On June 9, 1940 ...

Robert Schmidt

Robert Lee Schmidt passed away on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 at the age of 78, in Bellingham. Robert (Bob) was born on Aug. 29, 1939 to Delbert and Doris Schmidt in North Platte, Nebraska. ...

Ronald Edward Snyder

Ron Snyder was supposed to be in class on Wednesday morning. He got a call from Western Washington University telling him he had missed the class he was auditing. Sunday night, when ...

Legals- December 20, 2017

FERNDALE NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO ISSUE A MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE The City of Ferndale has received application(s) from the applicant referenced below ...