Eight injured in two crashes on Lummi Reservation
WHATCOM — Two separate crashes on the Lummi Reservation over the weekend sent a total of eight people to the hospital. In both crashes, the driver was suspected of being under the ...
October is National Adopt-A-Dog Month
There are a million good reasons to consider adopting a dog during American Humane’s yearly Adopt-a-Dog Month in October – in fact, it’s a lot more than that. Each year, an estimated ...
A farewell from the Tribune’s sports reporter Headline
I’m thinking back right now to a conversation I had with a family friend last spring about high school sports. He had grown up as a talented athlete in the small eastern Washington ...
EMS levy crucial to maintaining service
This is a guest column from Erica Littlewood Work, chair of the county EMS Saves Lives Committee. A car crash . . . a heart attack . . . a home or workplace injury . . . these events ...
Letters to the Editor — Oct. 19, 2016
Supports EMS levy We have a special opportunity come election day to support a stable source of financing for the next six years for our all-important Emergency Medical Services. It ...
Golden Eagles win again
By Kevin Doucette [email protected] ERNDALE — The Ferndale Golden Eagles got their revenge against the tough Oak Harbor Wildcats Friday night when they won 35-18 and ...
Bringing in the best to prepare for the worst
By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — At least 34 different agencies were involved in a massive mobilization on Thursday in an exercise designed to prepare Whatcom ...
The big windstorm that wasn’t
By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The county experienced scattered power outages and three local high school football games were postponed from Friday to Monday ...
Voters’ guides out, ballots to be in mail this week
OLYMPIA — Voters’ Pamphlets, 33 zoned editions of them, were mailed out to 3.3 million Washington households from the Secretary of State’s office last week. Now actual ballots ...
Supreme Court rules against rural water wells
By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The state Supreme Court on Thursday issued a 6-3 ruling that could undo the county’s exemption of private wells, even though ...