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Need for new jail is unavoidable
By Bill Elfo Whatcom County Sheriff Over the past 20 years, multiple citizen panels, task forces, engineers, professional jail planners and the U.S. Department of Justice have stressed ...
Say No to tax for jail expansion
By Joy Gilfilen President, Restorative Community Coalition Vote No on Whatcom County Proposition 2017-6. This 0.2 percent jail sales tax vote is critical to stop the unrelenting transfer ...
Experience at Meridian fuels Castro, Elenbaas school board pursuit
Jeannie Castro Background and qualifications I currently am a para-educator for the Ferndale Academic Community Transition program teaching life skills to 18- to 21-year- old students. ...
Your local newspaper: The real deal
Speaking out on our role, our credibility during National Newspaper Week While no one should ever say “I know it’s real because I saw it on the internet,” everyone should be able ...
Letters to the Editor — Oct. 11, 2017
Supports Faria I am supporting Connie Faria for Ferndale City Council Position 6. I am a former city council person and I worked with Connie when she served on the council before she ...
Grant, Kelley up for FD7 commission seat
Eric Grant Experience: Volunteer firefighter/EMT, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Whatcom County corrections deputy and C.E.R.T member, currently working for the Ferndale Police Department. ...
City of Ferndale Works to reduce domestic violence
By Mayor Jon Mutchler With 59 dead and 527 injured, our nation’s deadliest mass shooting touched the lives of Ferndale and Whatcom County citizens, some who were injured and others ...
Ferndale girls’ soccer team hits stretch of bad luck
Soccer team remains near top of league By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — After tallying a whopping 16 goals in two games against Mount Baker and Nooksack Valley ...
Let’s never forget our POWs
This is a guest column submitted by Lonnie Rose, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9301 of Lynden. On Friday, Sept. 15, Americans will pause to remember the sacrifices and ...
Letters to the Editor — June 28, 2017
Changing the country Our new Supreme Court justice is on my same page being a great-grandson of first settlers. I want to change what this country is becoming. Bill Maher, a TV politically ...