Farm Bureau annual meeting also addresses issue of flooding farmland

LYNDEN — A government plan to flood approximately 800 acres of Whatcom County farmland and convert it into fish habitat will be discussed Thursday, Oct. 27, during the Whatcom County ...

Calendar for Oct. 26

Wednesday Film ‘Listen’ Whatcom Community College’s Heiner Theatre hosts a free screening of the film “Listen: It Only Takes a Moment,” with discussion afterward on mental ...

The effort was there

By Kevin Doucette [email protected] BELLINGHAM — Oct. 22 was undoubtedly a date both Ferndale head coach Jamie Plenkovich and Squalicum head coach Nick Lucey had circled on ...

County Council on wrong track on Cherry Point

This is a guest opinion from Tony Larson, president of the Whatcom Business Alliance. On Sept. 27, 2016, the Whatcom County Council passed a six-month moratorium that bans the export ...

Public Meetings — Oct. 26, 2016

Wednesday, Oct. 26 • Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee, Civic Center Annex Garden Room, 322 N. Commercial St., Bellingham, 3 p.m. • Meridian School Board, ...

Letters to the Editor — Oct. 26, 2016

Remembering a home Thank you for emailing the Friday news alerts edition of the Tribune to me. I read with interest your story about traffic revision on Main Street. Our family grew ...

An unbelievable finish

By Kevin Doucette [email protected] BELLINGHAM — Ferndale head coach Rigel Weis said that in his 30-plus years of being around soccer he has never seen anything like what he ...

Shining on senior night

By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — On Brittany Olinger’s final serve at Ferndale High School she aced it into the back corner of the court to seal the victory ...

Making a red-colored pledge

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — When 37-year-old Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena left his office on Feb. 7, 1985, to meet his wife for ...

Healthy Pet wins sustainability award

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale’s Healthy Pet is the highest-rated company in Washington in terms of safety, and it has received some more recognition ...