Ferndale News

A train passes The Chrysalis Inn & Spa on the Bellingham waterfront, Friday, Jan. 10. Because the trains pass so close to many homes and businesses, Bellingham Mayor Kelli Linville is pushing for increased safety measures after a spate of freight train crashes that have resulted in huge fireballs from crude oil carried in rail cars.

In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, parents walk their kids to the first day of school at Fisher Elementary in Lynden.

A large fire engulfed a single wide mobile home north of Ferndale just after 5 p.m. Sunday, March 9, according to fire officials.

Louws will ask the County Council on Tuesday, March 11, for $95,000 to hire a full-time special projects manager.

British Columbia poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar explores the nature of personal loss in the midst of public trauma, in a free talk at 4 p.m. Monday, March 10, 2014 at Western Washington University Library's Presentation Room.

Three months of jail time and a $52,000 repair bill await a vandal who shattered windows and glass doors at the Ferndale police station in December.

Collin Raye plays at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the Silver Reef Event Center at Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa, 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale.

City Council will decide in the next month whether to raise stormwater rates by 40 percent to meet unanticipated costs.

Veterans wanting help with learning about benefits they are eligible for, signing up for Veterans Administration health care or getting copies of their military discharge papers can attend a free event Saturday, March 8. The Whatcom County Veteran Navigator Program will help veterans and their families from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ferndale ... (more)

City leaders were concerned about a 30-day period that the state Liquor Control Board gave businesses to finalize their location.

Millions of dollars in local tax revenue are at stake as Whatcom County's two oil refineries challenge their property tax assessments through a lengthy state appeals process.

A separate and distinct authority outside the City of Ferndale to administer, operate and maintain the parks system I believe is clearly the only choice.

A man needed 11 staples in his head this week after his brother beat him over the head with a blunt object, possibly a Maglite flashlight, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office.

Buckaroo Blues Band plays contemporary, classic and country rock from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Skagit Valley Casino Resort's Winners Lounge, 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow.

Slater Road between LaBounty and Ferndale roads will be closed from 6 to 11 a.m. Sunday, March 2, for sign installation.

Vote counts were finalized Tuesday, Feb. 25, for school bonds in Lynden and Ferndale that were defeated in a special election earlier this month.

Kerstin Nash gets out of the water and walks through the melting snow after a paddleboard session, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2013 at Marine Park in Bellingham.

Road conditions are improving Monday morning, Feb. 24 in Bellingham as temperatures warm up, but many streets and roads in Lynden and other areas of northern Whatcom County are covered in compact snow and ice, as cold northern winds are creating snow drifts up to four feet deep in some places.

After a Sunday that brought anywhere from 6 to 13 inches of snow around Whatcom County, more was on the way Monday as cold air stubbornly hung on to that region as yet another "warm" front moved ashore.

After up to a foot of snow fell over the weekend in Whatcom County, schools are closed Monday in Bellingham, Ferndale and Lynden.