The importance of family

For some people, visiting family might be a short drive down the road. For me recently, it was two flights and 17 hours of traveling. It has been almost a month since I returned from ...

EMS linked to quality of life

When someone calls 9-1-1 for a medical emergency, they rightfully expect an immediate, professional response from their local EMS provider. Understandably, the caller isn’t thinking ...

Nooksack River adjudication ‘is necessary’

I am a retired litigation attorney, a member of the (Water Resource Inventory Area 1, the Nooksack River watershed) WRIA 1 Environmental Caucus, and chair of Sierra Club’s Mt. Baker ...

Letters to the Editor: Oct. 12, 2022

Malfeasance toward general welfare?  Editor, What right do Whatcom County Council members Barry Buchanan, Carol Frazey, Kaylee Galloway and Todd Donovan, and County Executive Satpal ...

Ferndale Library’s new manager makes plans to meet community needs

By Leora Watson Staff Reporter FERNDALE — A library’s reach in the community goes far beyond the books it lends. While libraries are a place for community members to have access ...

Briefly: Ferndale and the surrounding areas in the news, Oct. 12, 2022

Accident claims motorcyclist’s life on I-5 in Bellingham  By Bill Helm Editor  BELLINGHAM — A motorcyclist was killed Thursday evening on Interstate 5 just south of Lakeway Drive, ...

Summer dryness continues into October

By Cal Bratt For the Record WHATCOM — From a cold wet spring and early summer it would have been hard to imagine the dry stretch that followed. After 4.37 inches of rainfall in June ...

Struggling to ‘serve and protect’

Municipal, county law enforcement hold forum at Meridian High School By Elisa Claassen For the Record  WHATCOM — Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office cruisers cover 2,500 square miles ...

Loretta Lynn’s career began in Whatcom County

Female superstar of American country music spent 11 years here as a young mom By Cal Bratt For the Record  Loretta Lynn, the American country music star who started her professional ...

Man arrested after pointing ‘AR-style rifle’ at police

Staff Reports FERNDALE — On Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 4:10 a.m., a Ferndale Police officer attempted to stop a white Chevrolet Blazer for making an illegal turn with no license plates, ...