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Summer chess class to be offered for middle schoolers

FERNDALE — The Ferndale High School Chess Club, together with the Ferndale Public Library, is sponsoring the Summer Institute of Chess Mastery. Ferndale students entering grades 6 ...

Applications available for Randy Hansen Scholarship Fund

FERNDALE — The Ron Davenport Memorial Chapter 165 of Bellingham is accepting applications for the Randy Hansen Scholarship Fund. Applicants can either be students who are veterans ...

FHS Band Booster mattress fundraiser coming up on May 2

FERNDALE — The second annual Ferndale High School Band Booster Mattress Fundraiser is coming up on Saturday, May 2. All mattress sizes will be available, with a wide variety of mattress ...

Western Drayton Harbor open to shellfish harvest

BELLINGHAM — A recreational molluscan shellfish harvest season is now open in a portion of western Drayton Harbor that has been closed since 1999. Molluscan shellfish include clams, ...

Taiwanese men arrested in ecstasy smuggling attempt

BLAINE — Two men were arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle ecstasy into the United States east of Blaine, according to a report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

WeSNiP holds Ferndale fundraiser

‘Not Your Average Garage Sale’ continues Friday in Carnation building FERNDALE — Ferndale is now playing host to the biggest fundraiser of the Whatcom Education, Spay & Neuter ...

Lummi basketball team named Team of the Year

Gov. Inslee recognizes ‘historic’ season, firsts for native sports LUMMI — The Lummi Blackhawks state championship basketball team was honored this week by Gov. Jay Inslee as ...

Sidhu is fill-in on County Council

But both he and applicant Kathy Kershner may be running in fall WHATCOM — In a 5-1 vote on March 17, the Whatcom County Council appointed Satpal Sidhu to fill out the remaining term ...

Ferndale woman, 86, dies in crash

SKAGIT -— A Ferndale woman succumbed Saturday to injuries suffered in a traffic accident four days earlier on State Route 20 south of Anacortes. Helen L. Wifler, 86, was a passenger ...

Montana tribes concerned over Lummi GPT opposition

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers petitioned with competing requests CROW AGENCY, Mont. — Tribal interests in Montana have joined the series of public letters being exchanged between the ...