Ferndale News

Life-saving emergency response likely will make do with one fewer ambulance for up to three years, as the Whatcom County Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday, Dec. 10, to restructure Whatcom Medic One and keep it intact as a unified, countywide ambulance service.

It is amazing what can be done to older buildings to make them new again. From The Herald's "homes for sale" page we get "1906 Victorian updated 1980," "1924 home tastefully restored with modern amenities," "amazing 1930s cottage well remodeled," and so on.

Midlife Crisis and the Alimony Horns play rock 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14, at Portage Bay Lounge at Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale.

It's been three months since we kicked off this year's United Way campaign and we have seen tremendous generosity of time, energy and spirit.

An investigation into a hit and run that left a Ferndale mother fighting for her life continued Thursday, Dec. 5, with police mapping out a crash scene that spans a city block.

Ferndale's Adeus Wilson-Premo battles Squalicum's Luke Jordan for a takedown, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Ferndale High.

Group visits can be an effective practice tool for busy physicians caring for patients with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, that call for close management.

Three more applications for marijuana retailers in Whatcom County were filed in the last week, including one in Point Roberts and another along Guide Meridian north of Bellingham.

Floor-to-ceiling shelves filled with wheels of aging cheese are an impressive sight for a person who loves cheese.

KGMI reports the vote was 6-1 with the only opponent concerned about possible soil contamination from illegal dumping on the site.

Ferndale School District's "woefully inadequate" high school could get a rebuild if voters pass a $125 million bond that is likely to be on ballots Feb. 11. The bond - if it's approved for the ballot by the school board at its Dec. 17 meeting - will focus on the district's high school needs, with the biggest project a complete rebuild of Ferndale ... (more)

With only one month left in office, City Council member Lloyd Zimmerman faces discipline for what other council members say was a "disrespectful and demeaning" comment Zimmerman made on The Bellingham Herald's website.

Plans to fix Church Road can proceed next year after city officials learned of an $800,000 grant from the state Transportation Improvement Board.

Inmates of the Whatcom County Jail deal with overcrowding July 27, 2011 in Bellingham.

Free. - Mowtown Cowboys play rock from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Nov. 29, and Saturday, Nov. 30, at Portage Bay Lounge at Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale.

Two passengers identified a 29-year-old Custer man as the hit-and-run driver who struck a mother of three in a downtown Bellingham crosswalk this week, according to charges filed Wednesday, Nov. 27. Four hours after the crash two men - James Corey Lorden and Courtney Bryce Prosser - called 911 to tell police their side of the story.

A mother of three young children remained in critical condition at a Seattle hospital Monday, Nov. 25, a full day after a driver ran a red light, hit her in a crosswalk and fled the scene in downtown Bellingham, according to police.

Whatcom County organizations and restaurants step up each year to offer free community meals for Thanksgiving.

A pedestrian was critically injured in a hit-and-run in Bellingham early Sunday.

The public will have a chance to speak at hearings before the Whatcom County Council on Tuesday, Nov. 26, about proposed property tax rates for 2014.