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Peace Arch NEXUS hours expanded

  BLAINE — Effective Dec. 23, the hours of operation for the dedicated NEXUS-only southbound lanes at the Peace Arch Port of Entry will be extended three hours. The hours of operation ...

Readers Care: Volunteers help keep Ferndale Food Bank vibrant

Ferndale Food Bank is Record’s 2018 Readers Care Fund recipient FERNDALE — It’s a small world, and one Ferndale Food Bank volunteer discovered just that about a month ago. Linda ...

Election recount starts Thursday

With 46-vote lead, Ericksen seems likely to keep 42nd District Senate seat By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] BELLINGHAM — Only three ballots were in dispute at a Monday meeting ...

Ferndale bond before voters again Feb. 12

Hoping to keep momentum alive, district makes third attempt By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — In an unanimous decision Tuesday, the Ferndale School Board opted ...

Teresa Taylor appointed a WCC trustee

  WHATCOM — Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Teresa Taylor, Lummi Indian Business Council project manager for economic development, to the Whatcom Community College Board of Trustees. ...

Extra blood donors needed

Various mobile drives are set in coming month   SEATTLE — Bloodworks Northwest is asking for extra blood donors over the holidays to make up for a drop in normal donations.   Thanksgiving ...

Woman ran into I-5 traffic, killed Saturday

  WHATCOM ­— A 31-year-old Bellingham woman was killed Saturday evening, Nov. 17, when she ran into the southbound lanes of traffic on Interstate 5 near the Loomis Trail Road ...

Fourth-graders’ families get first dibs on Christmas trees

  EVERETT — The U.S. Forest Service is spreading holiday cheer to fourth graders across the country. As part of the national Every Kid in a Park initiative, all fourth-graders ...

FHS students walk out after high school bond fails

About 100 students took to Ferndale streets to raise school issue awareness By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale High School students, frustrated by the outcome ...

City will ask for more resource officer compensation from FSD

Mayor advised against asking for more until contract is up By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Numbers played a big role in the Ferndale City Council’s Monday ...