Latest News
‘The Happy Elf’ opens Friday at Claire vg
LYNDEN — “The Happy Elf,” a jazzy Christmas-themed family show, is the holiday offering at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre Nov. 25 through Dec. 11. The Lynden Performing Arts Guild ...
Grief Diaries books of Ferndale woman now on Amazon
SEATTLE — “Grief Diaries: Shattered,” in the series of Ferndale award-winning author and speaker Lynda Cheldelin Fell, is now available on Amazon and will soon be in more than ...
EMS levy now barely passing
By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The last votes counted Friday put the county emergency medical services levy just over the amount needed — for now. The Whatcom ...
Helping the hungry during the holidays
By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale Food Bank director Suzanne Nevan understands the importance of food, beyond the fact that people need it to survive. ...
Ferndale-backed EMS measure on verge of failing
By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The county property tax levy for emergency medical services (EMS) was still narrowly losing after the latest addition of counted ...
‘Black Mirror’ returns, with a series-best
By Brent Lindquist [email protected] Charlie Brooker’s wonderful anthology show “Black Mirror” recently returned to television via Netflix, further bolstering the platform’s ...
Mayor: We’re a 50/50 city
By Jon Mutchler Ferndale Mayor After the dust of the election settled, I looked up the vote totals for Ferndale and guess what? It was within five votes — 2,508 people voted for Hillary ...
Letters to the Editor — Nov. 16, 2016
Buys is right Rep. Vincent Buys said (Nov. 2 edition) that the state budget is $12,000 per student. Patti Fairbanks, director of finance for the Lynden School District, said they get ...
Alcoa Foundation grants $135,000 to four Whatcom nonprofits
WHATCOM — Alcoa Intalco Works announced on Nov. 14 a total of $135,000 in 2016 grants from the Alcoa Foundation for continued community enhancement. The recipients are Sustainable ...
Holiday Dessert Contest is Dec. 2
LYNDEN — Think that you make the best holiday dessert? Show off those skills by entering Lynden’s third annual Holiday Dessert Contest. There’s no entry fee. All it takes is a ...