Merlin Solvang

Merlin Nils Solvang, age 84, of Ferndale, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 in Evergreen Community Church, 6899 N. ...

Mary Ann Massey

Mary Ann (Oostra) Massey was born Feb. 11, 1944 in Rock Rapids, Iowa, to Alice and Marinus Oostra. She always had a heart full of love and a kitchen full of home-baked goods, from ...

Gladys Reimer

Gladys Reimer, age 92, of Lynden, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017. You are invited to join family and friends for visitation on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Gillies ...

Winifred Clay

Winifred Clay, age 96, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Conference is on all aspects of home gardening

BELLINGHAM — The title of a Feb. 8 conference at Bellingham Technical College is “Resilient Gardening in Western Washington.” Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This is the 22nd annual ...

Energy program saves Ferndale Schools $$

Strategy in place since 2008 FERNDALE — For almost ten years, Tony Torretta, Ferndale School District energy manager, has been working with others in the district to save energy. ...

Looking forward to 2018 Ferndale sports

Baseball, volleyball teams look strong for Golden Eagles By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — In my four-plus years of covering sports in Ferndale, 2017 was the most ...

Ice storm hits; 11,000 out of power

Storm warning in effect to midnight Friday By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — About 11,000 customers across the north county were out of power Friday evening, as rain, ...

Christmas tree pickup on Jan. 6

The Ferndale Cub Scout Pack 4026 will again be picking up unwanted Christmas trees within Ferndale city limits. Those wishing to have their tree hauled must have it out on the curb ...

A look back at the good, bad and ugly of 2017

Winter weather dominated the early part of the year; Sen. Doug Ericksen selected for national EPA role; new police chief takes over; ‘Summer of Fun’ starts early; county berry grower ...