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Cystic Fibrosis annual riding event March 12

LYNDEN — The sixth annual Melanie Ann Plagerman Memorial Games Show to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be on Sunday, March 12, at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. ...

Mumps outbreak reaches county

Five unconfirmed cases of mumps in Whatcom County as of Friday By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — The Washington State Health Department is warning of a mumps outbreak ...

Calendar for Feb. 1, 2017

Ongoing ‘Sound of Music’ Lynden Christian High School does four more performances of “The Sound of Music” in its auditorium this week, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday ...

Drug dealing arrest made on Washington St., Ferndale

Investigation had been for five months FERNDALE — A five-month investigation led to the arrest of a subject on drug charges at his apartment in the 2600 block of Washington Street ...

Port helping solar panel manufacturer, with state grant

BELLINGHAM — The Port of Bellingham has secured a $125,000 workforce development grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce to help local solar panel manufacturer Pando ...

County needs county member on jail group

BELLINGHAM — The Whatcom County Council is accepting applications for a citizen representative to work with local elected officials, law enforcement and jail staff to create an appropriate ...

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 ...

Letters to the Editor — Feb. 1, 2017

Fire Ericksen Would you still get paid if you didn’t show up for work? If you were the boss, would you still pay your employee who took a second job and then didn’t come in to work ...

Boys’ basketball put on back-to-back offensive explosions

FERNDALE — In their last two games the Ferndale boys have combined to score 151 total points. In the three games prior to that, the Golden Eagles had combined for only 146 points. ...

Ferndale wrestling at 12-0, hosting 3A teams Saturday

FERNDALE — The Golden Eagle wrestlers have seen tremendous success so far this season. In Northwest Conference matches Ferndale is a perfect 12-0 and has also won some tournaments ...