COUNTRY LIFE: Benchmark milk price jumps $2.02

MIELKE MARKET By Lee Mielke For the Record The Agriculture Department announced the first Class III benchmark milk price of 2022 at $20.38 per hundredweight for January, up $2.02 from ...

COUNTRY LIFE: Getting ready for early spring in garden

IN BLOOM By David Vos For the Record After a challenging start to winter here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s beginning to look like we may escape the cold, snowy weather that February ...

9-year-old Custer boy shows drawings at Jansen Art Center

David Steyn loves nature, animals, drawing By Bill Helm [email protected] CUSTER — David Steyn likes animals and he also likes insects.  Steyn, a 9-year-old living in Custer ...

Ferndale City Council approves new clerical contract

Also, federal ARPA money is disbursed to help businesses hard-hit by COVID-19 By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — Ferndale City Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of ...

Progress report on public works projects

Ballast settling for Thornton Overpass is going well; expect action in spring By Cal Bratt For the Record  FERNDALE — Don’t think public works projects are in dormancy just ...

Ferndale seeks public help shaping 2022 parks activities

By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — Everyone is invited to help shape the full slate of park movies, bands and more to be offered by the City of Ferndale this summer. A 2022 Parks ...

Idled aluminum smelter to restart?

Media reports efforts of Blue Wolf working with Alcoa, BPA By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — An effort is being made to restart the idled former Intalco aluminum smelter at Cherry ...

FEMA opens newest disaster recovery center in Ferndale

By Leora Watson  [email protected] FERNDALE — In response to the November flooding, FEMA has opened several disaster recovery centers across Whatcom County. FEMA has opened ...

Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office seeks help with cold cases

By Elisa Claassen For the Record WHATCOM — Grieving the loss of her parents, Leah Roberts left her North Carolina home for a road trip that took her to Whatcom County. That was on ...

Ferndale seeks public help shaping 2022 parks activities

The City of Ferndale is gearing up for a full slate of park activities this summer and they are asking the public’s help in selecting movies, bands and activities to host. Despite ...