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Ferndale City Council looks at capital projects, 2025 budget
By Racquel Muncy For the Tribune FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council met on Monday, Oct. 21 to hear a variety of presentations and continue its budget conversations for 2025. Council ...

Heather Sherrill leaves Ferndale Chamber
Board president also steps down, replaced by Alyssa Pitcher on interim basis By Bill Helm Editor FERNDALE — The Ferndale Chamber of Commerce is again looking for a new executive director. ...

Habitat for Humanity steps up home repair program
By Racquel Muncy For the Tribune WHATCOM — Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County seeks to not only get the community into affordable homes but also to keep people in their homes ...

WHATCOM NEWS: Oct. 30, 2024
Cargill to close Ferndale plant in November FERNDALE — After 88 years of operation in Ferndale, Cargill Animal Nutrition has decided to permanently stop production at its Ferndale ...

Suspect arrested from FHS bomb threat
Staff Reports FERNDALE — On Monday, Oct. 28, a 14-year-old from Canada was arrested in connection to threats made across the country, which included a threat made to Ferndale High ...

Ferndale, Bellingham home sales lead Whatcom County in 3Q
By Dave Brumbaugh For the Tribune WHATCOM — Significantly more home sales in the third quarter and another double-digit increase in the median home sales price highlighted the difference ...

Paper snowflake artist, librarian returns to Whatcom
Brooke Pederson will talk about her new book at Village Books Fairhaven, also at Open Book Festival By Bill Helm Editor WHATCOM — Brooke Pederson’s two-plus decade career as a librarian ...

Whatcom County News Briefs
Nobody injured in Lynden rollover accident LYNDEN — At approximately 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, Lynden Police were dispatched to a report of a traffic accident at 19th and Front ...

Genealogical society helps people learn about their past
By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter FERNDALE — First founded in 1969, the Whatcom Genealogical Society is a nonprofit educational organization based out of Ferndale. For more than 50 years, ...

Is Whatcom County shifting blue?
Ferndale Mayor Greg Hansen says he ‘often sees votes fairly evenly split’ By Troy Schulz Record Intern WHATCOM — As the Election Day 2024 fast approaches, the chairs of both the ...