Ferndale News

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.

A little snow was reported Saturday morning in the north Sound areas and foothills but this was just a bit of an appetizer.

A man who was already in Whatcom County Jail on suspicion of theft and burglary charges was arrested Thursday, Feb. 20, in connection with multiple burglaries in Ferndale and the north county, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office.

A 52-year-old Seattle firefighter accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Friday to child rape charges in Bellingham.

A 52-year-old Seattle firefighter accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Friday, Feb. 21 to child rape charges in Bellingham.

In a meeting with local officials, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen said he has been doing his best to get federal agencies to speed up the process of tightening safety regulations on shipment of crude oil by rail.