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New faces to fill council seats

Greg Hansen, Teresa Taylor, Rebecca Xczar take over in January By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Nov. 3 general election is done, and the Ferndale City Council ...

Sorting through the election’s charter changes

County districts will change, but exactly how and when? By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM — Voters may have seemed lukewarm, or deeply divided, on the competing ...

A snapshot of Intalco’s curtailment

Total Intalco payroll in 2013: $63 million By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Alcoa Intalco Works has been a staple of the Ferndale and greater Whatcom County economies ...

Jon Mutchler is Ferndale’s new mayor

Mutchler plans to tackle income, traffic issues FERNDALE — The general election is over, and Jon Mutchler is a little surprised at how emotional he is.   “There is always a ...

FHS students honor veterans

Tuesday assemblies shed light on effects of PTSD FERNDALE — When Ferndale High School teacher Rick Brudwick’s leadership class began brainstorming this year’s Veterans Day assemblies, ...

Neighbors helping neighbors

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First round of election results posted

Several races, including Ferndale mayor, still too close to call The Whatcom County Auditor’s Office posted the first batch of election results at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, and while ...

Citizen-built Star Park almost fully funded

Volunteers needed for construction, scheduled for late May/early June By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale is getting a new park in 2016, and it will belong ...

Alcoa to scale back smelting, refinery work at Intalco

Gary Jensen weighs in on move’s effect on Ferndale employees By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Alcoa announced on Monday that it will curtail its aluminum smelting ...

Briefs

Buds SOS hosting grand opening FERNDALE — Buds SOS, the new recreational marijuana shop located at 6061 Portal Way, will host its grand opening event from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, ...