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Beware heavier Skagit traffic for tulip fest
MOUNT VERNON — Get ready for Skagit County travelers, as it’s tulip time there. While the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival adds plenty of beauty to the area, it also adds traffic ...
Meridian School District seeks board members
One position to be filled now By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] LYNDEN — The Meridian School District has one open school board position now and will have another open slot ...
Ferndale Grocery Outlet holding milk drive until Sunday, April 9
Drive hopes to provide 1,000 gallons of milk to Ferndale Food Bank FERNDALE — A milk drive benefiting the Ferndale Food Bank began on March 31 and will continue through this Sunday, ...
Ferndale Arts Commission offers Free Verse Photo Project
Contest features poetry displayed in unexpected, nontraditional form FERNDALE — The Ferndale Arts Comission is extending a call to artists for its fifth annual Free Verse Photo Project. ...
Highland Games organizer accused of child rape
Court documents allege sexual contact with minors, assault of an adult tenant By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Glen Winchester, known for his work organizing ...
County extends Cherry Point moratorium six months
Many speak to council in favor of ban on crude oil export By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — County Council members voted to continue a moratorium on new applications ...
Starbucks, Windermere going in near Samuel’s
New 6,800-square-foot business park to feature easy in-and-out access By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Samuel’s Furniture first opened at 1904 Main St. in 1991, ...
Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scam of law enforcement impersonation
WHATCOM — Undersheriff Jeff Parks on Friday warned of a phone scam involving callers impersonating law enforcement officers and agencies “from spoofed numbers.” Parks said that ...
Easter Bunny Train has three runs April 8
WHATCOM — The Easter Bunny Train, operated by the nonprofit Lake Whatcom Railway, rides again Saturday, April 8, from Wickersham Station near Acme. Passengers will listen to live ...
Must be spring — Cloud Mountain begins Saturday growing workshops
On Saturdays EVERSON — Cloud Mountain Farm Center, 6906 Goodwin Rd., is starting up its 90-minute horticultural public workshops for the new growing season. This is the upcoming ...