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Ferndale to open Metalworks Skate Park on Oct. 12
By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter FERNDALE — On Oct. 12, Ferndale residents will dust off their helmets and knee pads for the City of Ferndale’s official grand opening of the Metalworks ...
Ben Boyko thanks family, community for support as WCFD No. 7 fire chief
By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter FERNDALE — On Sept. 26, Whatcom County Fire District No. 7 announced Ben Boyko as its new fire chief. The announcement came at the end of a multi-month-long ...
Whatcom News for Oct. 9, 2024
Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery names new general manager FERNDALE— Phillips 66 has named Kevin Schmitt the new general manager of its Ferndale Refinery. With more than 23 years of ...
Ferndale High School safely evacuated after bomb threat
By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter FERNDALE — At approximately 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, Ferndale High School was evacuated by authorities after receiving a bomb threat. At this ...
Ferndale Record wants your military service stories, photos
We at the Ferndale Record are preparing for our annual Veterans Day special section. The past couple of years we told your story, and by you, we mean Whatcom County men and women who ...
Metalworks Skate Park to officially open Oct. 12
Staff Reports FERNDALE — The City of Ferndale will officially open its Metalworks Skate Park at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. A highly anticipated project for the Ferndale community, ...
Whatcom County News Briefs: Oct. 2, 2024
Task force seizes fentanyl, arrests one man WHATCOM — The Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force, working with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bellingham Resident Office, launched ...
Ben Boyko named new chief at Fire District 7
Bill Helm Editor FERNDALE — Whatcom County Fire District No. 7 has removed the interim tag from Fire Chief Ben Boyko. In a Sept. 26 press release, District 7 and its Board of Commissioners ...
UPDATE: I-5 collision leaves one dead, three others injured
By Bill Helm Editor FERNDALE — A two-vehicle accident in the early hours of Friday morning resulted in one man dead and three other people injured. The accident occurred at 2:38 a.m. ...
Local K9 teams become fentanyl-detection certified
BELLINGHAM — Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office and Bellingham Police Department’s K9 units are among the first in the state to receive certification for fentanyl detection under ...