PROGRESS: Ferndale High School celebrates new football field

School district is ‘excited to share this facility with everyone,’ track and field coach Don Pringle says By Joe Kramer Sports Editor FERNDALE — With winter sports drawing to ...

PROGRESS: Where are they now? Ferndale City Administrator Jori Burnett

By Ferndale School District FERNDALE — Jori Burnett views himself as very lucky. As City Administrator for the City of Ferndale, assisting Mayor Greg Hansen and the City Council, ...

Students compete in Math Olympiad

166 students, 47 teams gather at Cascadia Elementary School for numerical glory By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter FERNDALE — Students gathered at Cascadia Elementary School on Feb. 22 ...

GUEST OPINION: WCLS asks, can you spot a scam?

By Christine Perkins I was talking to a library patron recently and asked how her week was going. “Terrible,” she reported, and went on to explain that her computer had been hacked ...

Letters to the Editor — Feb. 21, 2024

Letter: Curriculum information needed Editor, What is more important than the path we choose to educate our children? As citizen voters and funders of our local schools, it is important ...

Howard ‘Jim’ Top

Howard “Jim” Top was born on Timon Road in Everson on July 1, 1933 to parents Fred and Tena Top. He passed away peacefully at the age of 90 in his Lynden home on Monday morning ...

Warren James Wedan

Warren James Wedan went to be with the Lord peacefully on Feb. 13. Warren, a graduate of University Minnesota, Moody Bible Institute and Bethel Seminary met his wife Rhoda in Minnesota. ...

Community calendar for Feb. 21, 2024

Through March 23 Lynden Winter Ride  Sign-ups are open for this year’s Lynden Winter Ride program. The Winter Ride program is a multi-week chaperoned ski and snowboard program for ...

Whatcom school districts open kindergarten registration

WHATCOM — Registration for fall 2024 kindergarten began Tuesday, Feb. 20 across Whatcom County. All children who will be 5 by Sept. 1 can register for kindergarten in their school ...

Presidential Primary Election ballots to be mailed on Feb. 21

WHATCOM — Ballots for the presidential primary election will be mailed to registered voters on Feb. 21. Voters should receive a ballot by Feb. 27. Contact the Auditor’s Office for ...