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County halts rural permit process
By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The county has slapped a hold on development permit applications for land where new private wells would be needed. The County ...
Community is key to suicide prevention
By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — For the founders of Suicide Prevention Feat (SPF), preventing suicide is about getting the issue out in the open. Randi Taggart, ...
Author Mary Doria Russell to visit Western’s Fairhaven College Nov. 2
BELLINGHAM — Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies will host Mary Doria Russell for a discussion of her best-selling book, “The Sparrow,” ...
Farm Bureau annual meeting also addresses issue of flooding farmland
LYNDEN — A government plan to flood approximately 800 acres of Whatcom County farmland and convert it into fish habitat will be discussed Thursday, Oct. 27, during the Whatcom County ...
Public Meetings — Oct. 26, 2016
Wednesday, Oct. 26 • Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee, Civic Center Annex Garden Room, 322 N. Commercial St., Bellingham, 3 p.m. • Meridian School Board, ...
Letters to the Editor — Oct. 26, 2016
Remembering a home Thank you for emailing the Friday news alerts edition of the Tribune to me. I read with interest your story about traffic revision on Main Street. Our family grew ...
An unbelievable finish
By Kevin Doucette [email protected] BELLINGHAM — Ferndale head coach Rigel Weis said that in his 30-plus years of being around soccer he has never seen anything like what he ...
Shining on senior night
By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — On Brittany Olinger’s final serve at Ferndale High School she aced it into the back corner of the court to seal the victory ...
Halloween events return for another year
By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Haunt the Park and Downtown Trick or Treat are back for another year. On Saturday, Oct. 29, starting at 5 p.m., Main Street will ...
21 miles of county road to receive rumble strips
WHATCOM — Approximately 21 miles of county roads will be adapted to rumble strips, with work starting on Monday, Oct. 24, and scheduled to last about three weeks, according to Whatcom ...