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Help Readers Care Fund reach $2,000 goal for food bank

WHATCOM ­— Readers have until the end of this week to still contribute to the Ferndale Record Readers Care Fund benefiting the Ferndale Food Bank. It’s essential to make sure that ...

Public Meetings — Dec. 28, 2016

Wednesday, Dec. 28 • Ferndale City Council committees meet at City Hall, 2095 Main St., starting at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 2 All public offices closed for the New Year’s Day holiday. ...

Award-winning lecture series begins Jan. 4 at Lynden church

LYNDEN ­— The award-winning January Series of Calvin College is video streamed to Lynden from Jan. 4 through Jan. 24, 2017, to the basement Gathering Room of Third Christian Reformed ...

Calendar for Dec. 28

Friday Big-band dance Dance (or just listen) to big-band music with DJ David Black at An Afternoon of Elegance from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, in the Lynden Community Center, 401 ...

Northbound I-5 lane closed south of Bellingham

BELLINGHAM — Drivers using northbound Interstate 5 south of Bellingham should be prepared for extended delays and backups through this week as crews remove unstable rock from an adjacent ...

Turner selected as new Ferndale chief

New police chief, serving in Utah now, will take over here in early 2017 FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale has announced the choice of Kevin Turner as its new police chief. Riley Sweeney, ...

Lighting up the Ferndale neighborhood

Above, a house belonging to Melvin Hansen on Norway Road was named the winner of the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce’s Residential Lights Contest on Tuesday. Hansen’s entire house ...

When snow hits the fan

The decision to cancel classes is not an easy one By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Last week’s surprise snowfall left schools closed across the county. And while ...

Ski to Sea Race cross country skiing leg is … kept after all

Decision by Whatcom Events is changed from Monday to Tuesday By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — A day after announcing it would drop the Ski to Sea Race cross country ...

Canada lynx added to state’s ‘endangered’ list

SEATTLE — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to list the Canada lynx as “endangered” under the state equivalent of the Endangered Species Act. The estimated ...