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Calendar – Week of Feb. 8

Ongoing Art Market The Whatcom Art Market on 11th Street in Fairhaven features jewelry maker Peggy Alexander Feb. 8-12 (Sunday demo); acrylic/multi-media artist Karin Silvernale Feb. ...

Sheriff’s Office does not enforce immigration law

This is a guest column from Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo. Given local and national focus on immigration issues, there has been recent interest in the Sheriff’s Office’s policy ...

Letters to the Editor — Feb. 8, 2017

Calling for Ericksen’s resignation As a constituent of Washington’s 42nd Legislative District, I was alarmed to learn that my state senator, Doug Ericksen, is almost entirely absent ...

Four running in Conservation Dist.

Election March 14; request mail-in ballots by Feb. 14 WHATCOM ­— The Whatcom Conservation District has lined up four eligible candidates for its March 14, 2017 supervisor election. ...

Republicans host property tax speaker

LAUREL ­— Whatcom County Republicans host William Perry Pendly for a property rights discussion from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Meridian High School. He speaks at 7 p.m. Common ...

Five more Ferndale Golden Eagles sign to play at the next level

Golden Eagles Winterhawk Leighton, Max Jeffery, Matt James, Buddy Juneau and Mason Shaw signed National Letters of Intent Wednesday By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE ...

Milk price starts 2017 going down

The Federal Order (FO) and California benchmark milk prices started 2017 heading down. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the January Class III price at $16.77 per hundredweight ...

Farmer-tribe partnership announces two farms to lead water plan process

$150,000 grant for shellfish bed work also OK’d WHATCOM — Two Lynden dairy farms have been identified as the first ones to jointly develop Water Quality Improvement Plans under ...

4-H Reports

THUNDERBIRDS Simeon Leavitt, reporter Vicki Strand, leader Hello, I am the reporter for the Thunderbirds Racing Pigeon Club. I want to tell you about a visit we made to the Sudden Valley ...

Treats for all at capitol’s Dairy Day

Two local Dairy Ambassadors helped out OLYMPIA — On Jan. 24 Washington State Dairy Ambassador Alicia Smaciarz blew her whistle in the state Senate for an “Alllllllll aboard” Dairy ...