State Board of Education at Semiahmoo next week
OLYMPIA — The State Board of Education holds its Sept. 11-13 meeting in Blaine at the Semiahmoo Resort. The agenda and meeting materials are available on the board’s website. ...
Garbage truck backing up strikes Bellingham resident
BELLINGHAM — A garbage truck backing up to retrieve a missed garbage can about 8:50 a.m. Monday, Sept. 3, resulted in striking a pedestrian. Lyle VanderYacht, 70, is ...
Jansen to host artists’ studio tour reception
LYNDEN — The Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., hosts an opening reception and exhibit for the upcoming Whatcom Artist Studio Tour from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6. This is ...
School districts reach teacher pay agreements
Negotiation is left to the local level in new funding system By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — County teacher-pay contracts are still being finalized, even as the ...
City’s Summer of Fun a ‘booming success’
Attendance at Ferndale parks events this summer more than quadrupled 2017 By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale’s 2018 Summer of Fun comes to a close on ...
New leaders at Meridian, Mount Baker
Everett and Sewright are superintending two school districts By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — Administrative changes this year bring two new leaders to the Meridian ...
FHS volleyball enters ‘unicorn year’
Golden Eagles return five seniors in 2018; focus remains on continuing to get better By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Heading into the 2018 volleyball season, ...
FHS junior publishing book of poetry
‘Out of the Box’ by Anna Corrine Huffman debuts soon on Amazon By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Anna Corinne Huffman needed something to do in her free time, ...
St. Sophia invites all in for Bellingham Greek Festival
BELLINGHAM — Join the fun of celebrating Hellenic culture and heritage at the Bellingham Greek Festival. This festival will run for four days, Sept. 6-9, at the St. ...
Fundraiser Nov. 9 for Cascade Connections
BELLINGHAM — The fourth annual Hamster Ball fundraiser for Cascade Connections will be held in the Bellingham Cruise Terminal Friday, Nov. 9, from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Haggen ...