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Nuts and bolts of proposed projects, cost

High school improvements will cost $107 million This is the third piece in a multi-part series examining the Ferndale Schools’ bond up for vote in the Nov. 6 election. By Ashley Hiruko ...

Energy companies asking customers to conserve energy

Pipeline rupture in B.C. is cause WHATCOM — Puget Sound Energy and Cascade Natural Gas have asked customers to conserve natural gas following a pipeline rupture that occurred in British ...

Buys bidding for a fifth term

He makes farm and small-town values his core principles By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] LYNDEN — Rep. Vincent Buys can recall the car rides he took with his father as a ...

Shewmake sees county water compromise as possible

An economist at WWU, she wants good research used By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — Candidate Sharon Shewmake’s decision to run for 42nd District state representative ...

Home prices keep climbing

Third quarter year-to-year increase was almost 12 percent   WHATCOM — A strong market for home sales in Bellingham led the county to another double-digit gain in prices in the ...

State 4-H fair participation

  PUYALLUP ­— Whatcom County had many 4-H participants at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup Aug. 31 through Sept. 23. “They made an impressive showing, winning many championships, ...

Ag Advisory Committee meets today

Renewed Ag Strategic Plan spells out issues to dig into By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— Over the summer, the County Council approved an update of the county’s ...

4-H Reports

BARN BUDDIES Tabitha Revak, reporter   Barn Buddies member and officer Kara Teachman has just returned from the National 4-H Dairy Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. This is an event ...

Music festival opens today in Lynden

  LYNDEN ­— The 2018 Lynden Music Festival, 18 performance events at many venues across town, opens today at noon in the Jansen Art Center.   After Mayor of Lynden Scott ...