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Intalco-BPA deal still not final

FERNDALE — The comment period has ended for Alcoa’s proposed deal with Bonneville Power Administration to keep Alcoa Intalco Works open at least through Feb. 14, 2018, and now the ...

New county 5-district map approved, but also critiqued

WHATCOM ­— A new five-district voting map has been approved for the county, but the feeling about it is certainly not all agreeable. On a 4-0 vote April 20, the Districting Committee ...

Deputies shoot attacking dog off Birch Bay-Lynden Road

Officers looking into a domestic-violence report   WHATCOM ­— Two sheriff’s deputies on a domestic-violence response encountered a pair of aggressive dogs and ended up shooting ...

Statewide, April 1 snowpack above normal

  SPOKANE — All Washington State basins reported a notable increase in snowpack in the month of March, and this came on the heels of a winter that tended to be warm and rainy ...

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Intersections or roundabouts?

City council hears pros, cons of each option from community development director By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — At the Monday evening meeting of the Ferndale ...

Intalco could stay open

Pending agreement with Bonneville would keep potlines running through February 2018 By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Alcoa and the Bonneville Power Administration ...

A new place to dance, country-style

Jessie Anderson, of Lynden Line Dancers, opens a new country dance saloon in Ferndale May 13 By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Jessie Anderson first started line ...

Heritage Society cleans up Ferndale exits

Group also has vintage fashion show coming up By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale McDonald’s was packed with orange vests Saturday morning as Ferndale ...

County five-district map presented

Republicans have objections; public hearing is tonight By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— Everson and Nooksack are just barely in a north-central “farmland” ...