Mutchler opts not to reappoint Goldsmith to Planning Commission

City Council did not approve mayor’s recommendation for new commissioner FERNDALE — At Monday evening’s Ferndale City Council meeting, Ferndale Mayor Jon Mutchler announced that ...

FSD hosting holiday event

District hopes to foster community connections with feature movie, choir concert on Tuesday By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale School District will ...

Celebrating Christmas legends

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The word “legend” has a wide variety of definitions, and the Ferndale Heritage Society is embracing many of them for this ...

Small fruit is all the rage here for yearly meetings, equipment show

LYNDEN ­— The agenda is all things berry-related, from microbes to marketing, research to technology. The combined Washington Small Fruit Conference and Lynden Ag Show are happening ...

Louws vetoes council budget

WHATCOM ­— County Executive Louws has vetoed the county budget and property tax ordinances passed by the County Council on Nov. 22. Louws has given the council his written objections ...

City council approves 1-percent tax increase

  By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council considered dual property tax levy increases at its Monday evening meeting, voting to approve ...

Man shot at Orca Inn, arrested on outstanding warrant

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — A man was shot in the head, treated and promptly arrested Saturday night after checking into Ferndale’s Orca Inn Suites to ...

EMS levy now barely passing

By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The last votes counted Friday put the county emergency medical services levy just over the amount needed — for now. The Whatcom ...

Helping the hungry during the holidays

By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale Food Bank director Suzanne Nevan understands the importance of food, beyond the fact that people need it to survive. ...
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Ferndale-backed EMS measure on verge of failing

By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM ­— The county property tax levy for emergency medical services (EMS) was still narrowly losing after the latest addition of counted ...