Prepare for winter driving conditions

OLYMPIA — With winter on the way, now is the time to start preparing before the snow starts to fly. The Washington State Department of Transportation urges all drivers to prepare ...

Apples to oranges

When comparing the cost of an education for a student, there really isn’t one magic number By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] LYNDEN — Gas costs an average of $2.60 per gallon, ...

Downtown Trick or Treat and Haunt the Park

More than 2,000 kids attended Downtown Trick or Treat on Oct. 29 on Main Street in Ferndale. Forty-five businesses opened their doors and welcomed event-goers of all ages. At 5 p.m. ...

County halts rural permit process

By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM ­— The county has slapped a hold on development permit applications for land where new private wells would be needed. The County ...

Community is key to suicide prevention

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — For the founders of Suicide Prevention Feat (SPF), preventing suicide is about getting the issue out in the open. Randi Taggart, ...

Author Mary Doria Russell to visit Western’s Fairhaven College Nov. 2

BELLINGHAM — Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies will host Mary Doria Russell for a discussion of her best-selling book, “The Sparrow,” ...

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 ...