Donkey basketball draws crowd, protests

With protestors outside, Ferndale High School gym still reached capacity By Kevin Doucette [email protected]   FERNDALE — Donkey Basketball is a hot topic in Washington ...

Old Settlers seek new members

County-wide group runs annual Pioneer Park July event By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — It’s hard to talk about Ferndale without mentioning the Whatcom County ...

Transportation Benefit District helps fund road projects throughout city

Created in 2011, TBD helps generate matching funds from granting agencies for road repairs, other improvement By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — There’s a new ...

Ferndale football moving to the Wesco

Head coach Jamie Plenkovich excited to create new rivalries By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — The Golden Eagles football team will no longer be the only 3A school ...

On to the playoffs for both boys and girls; games Friday and Saturday

Basketball teams split their regular-season finales against Burlington-Edison on Tuesday   FERNDALE — The Golden Eagles boys’ basketball team overcame a 21-9 fourth quarter ...

Archives — Feb. 10, 2016

• 100 years ago To show how to can — Friday, February 11, 1916 On Monday afternoon, Feb. 14, Professor Charles Newbell of the Washington State College will give a canning demonstration ...

Letters to the Editor — Feb. 10, 2016

Does not support donkey basketball   I’m writing to you about an event that is supposed to take place this Saturday at Ferndale High School. The event is Donkey Basketball, a ...

Four Golden Eagles, one Blackhawk commit to play college ball

Ferndale’s Nick Bartel, Rose Compton, Kyle Sandstorm, Kyler Schemstad, Lummi’s Jonathan Casmir sign on for the next level By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — ...

Sear and bake for juicy and savory chicken dinner

By Melissa Horton   I love a quick dinner recipe, especially one that is tasty and requires few ingredients. Sometimes cooking dinner is a therapeutic endeavor that we can embrace ...

New report finds 20-25 percent are ‘working poor’

About 2 in 5 households ‘struggle to get by’ By Elisa Claassen for the Ferndale Record   WHATCOM — It could be your neighbor, or it could be you, living a paycheck-to-paycheck ...