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Meridian hosts Feb. 25 career-skills open house at high school campus

WHATCOM — Two local campuses of the Northwest Career & Technical Academy hold open houses on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Meridian High School hosts in its CTE Building, 194 W. Laurel ...

Law enforcement learning camp for high school juniors, seniors in the summer

OLYMPIA — Washington State high school juniors and seniors with an interest in law enforcement as a career can spend a week this summer learning about the roles and job opportunities. ...

WWU winter career fair set for Feb. 12

BELLINGHAM — Job seekers looking to connect directly with employers are invited to attend Western Washington University’s Winter Career Fair, which will take place Thursday, Feb. ...

Horizon student claims spicy victory

Horizon’s Madison Ashbaugh wins big at state, national levels in 4-H cooking contest FERNDALE — Madison Ashbaugh has loved cooking since she was 3 years old, but it wasn’t until ...

18th annual Chess Jam coming up this weekend at FHS

FERNDALE — The International Chess Jam K-12, feature a youth chess payday and tournaments, is coming up on Saturday, Feb. 7, at Ferndale High School. The tournament is for kindergarten ...

Siblings look skyward

Ella, Jonathan and Benjamin Robbins have gone from RC planes to the real thing FERNDALE — The Robbins siblings like to see the world from a different perspective, and to them there’s ...

FSD offering school bus driver course in January

FERNDALE — The Ferndale School District will host a school bus driver course in January. This course will last approximately three weeks. The first week will focus on classroom instruction. ...

FHS principal warns of ‘spice’ dangers

Synthetic marijuana is legal to purchase over the counter FERNDALE — The rising popularity of a legal synthetic drug has local educators concerned about the effects on local teens. ...