WCLS kicks off Summer Reading program

New emphasis: Less regimented, more open-ended joy By Brent Lindquist [email protected] ry WHATCOM — The Whatcom County Library System hosts its Summer Reading program every ...

LEGALS- June 16, 2021

FERNDALE Ordinances of the City Council of the City of Ferndale, Washington, passed at the Council meeting of June 7, 2021. Ordinance #2170 An ordinance amending the 2021 operating ...

Ferndale falls to La Conner

Long-shot containment kept matchup competitive against powerhouse Braves By Brent Lindquist [email protected] LA CONNER — The La Conner Braves are a juggernaut in the Northwest ...

Barbie’s Berries u-pick season starts

Later varieties of berries won’t be in stands until mid-June By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — The u-pick operation out at Barbie’s Berries on Melody Lane between ...

Trojans trounce Sedro-Woolley

Bowler, DeWaard led in points column By Brent Lindquist [email protected] LAUREL — The Meridian girls rolled past Sedro-Woolley Monday evening, containing the Cubs and draining ...

Another diaper giveaway — this one for fathers?

  LYNDEN — There has been a date change for the last free diaper drive-through giveaway in the St. Joseph Catholic Church parking lot in the 1200 block of Grover Street.   It ...

Labor Relations board faults McClatchy

Negotiations will begin to get back pay to news staffs   SEATTLE — The National Labor Relations Board announced in late May that it had found merit to the Washington State NewsGuild’s ...

County Council helps protect 1,000 watershed acres

Skookum II buy by land trust is in river’s South Fork valley   WHATCOM — The County Council on June 1 approved $1.25 million in Conservation Futures funding for the Whatcom ...

Get vaccinated, have chance to win a truck

Get first shot before July 31; proof of second shot needed to receive prize   BELLINGHAM — Whatcom County residents who get their first COVID-19 vaccine shot between June 1 and ...

Patricia Rhea

  Patricia Marie Rhea, age 66, of Everson, known to her friends and family as Patti, passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Lynden.   She was born July 15, 1954, in Moses Lake ...