Reps. Buys, Van Werven to take phone call-ins next Tuesday
Lawmakers will take questions, provide perspectives WHATCOM — Forty-second District Reps. Vincent Buys and Luanne Van Werven, both Lynden Republicans, will host a telephone town ...
Local students in statewide geography bee
National Geographic competition at Pacific Lutheran Univ. WHATCOM — Three local students will be in the National Geographic State Bee at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma this ...
Weg, Asplund to represent local dairy industry
Scholarships also given out WHATCOM — Emma Weg is the county Dairy Ambassador for 2017-18, with Annika Asplund as alternate. A coronation event sponsored by Dairy Women was Saturday, ...
Gasoline prices holding steady
SEATTLE — Retail gasoline prices in Washington fell 1.5 cents per gallon in the past week to an averaging of $2.82 on Sunday, March 26, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,666 ...
Local fisherman heads to national competition
Matt Krumdiack of Borderline Bassin’ Contenders saw local success By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — Matt Krumdiack, 31, first began fishing about 25 years ago, ...
Not just a farmers’ election anymore
Thousands vote Christianson of WWU to Conservation District board By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — What used to be a relatively quiet backwater election involving ...
Ferndale School Board hosts Festival of Arts, Culture and Family
Community invited to free evening of musical diversity Friday at Horizon Middle School FERNDALE — The Ferndale School District will be holding a festival in celebration of the diversity ...
City passes small-animal ordinance
New ordinance makes rules clearer By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council passed an ordinance at Monday night’s meeting tightening up regulations ...
There are no easy answers to bullying
A community member shares In this guest commentary Megan Clay of Lynden adds her voice to the community discussion of youth suicide and bullying in schools. There are no easy answers. ...
Letters to the Editor — March 22, 2017
On bullying I found it very interesting in the March 15 edition of your paper that the front page featured the article on bullying. It also went on to say how we can prevent such tragedies. ...