Ferndale News

The City Council declined taking a position on whether the new Whatcom County jail should be sited on 40 acres of industrial land on LaBounty Drive.

Stray bullet in Ferndale is deadly : The 23-year-old woman who was at a Father's Day barbecue when she was struck by a stray bullet from a half-mile away has died .

Deputies say two Whatcom County men who were shooting guns along the Nooksak River Sunday afternoon inadvertently shot and killed a Ferndale woman while she was attending a family barbeque more than a half mile away.

A woman at a Father's Day barbecue near Ferndale was hit in the chest by a stray bullet fired by shooters more than half-mile away.

A woman at a Father's Day barbecue near Ferndale was hit in the chest by a stray bullet fired by shooters more than half-mile away.

A 23-year-old woman at a barbecue for her dad on Father's Day was hit in the chest by a stray bullet from people shooting more than a half mile away.

A short section of Thornton Street will be closed for repairs during the summer.

That was one of the many challenges Ken Tipasathien faced while preparing to open Zen Sushi & Bar on Wednesday, June 19, next to the Regal Cinema Stadium 16 movie theater in the Barkley district.

The bounty of summertime produce is one of the great things about living in the Pacific Northwest.

The proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal has sparked the most-complex environmental review since, well, forever.

Vista Drive will be closed the week of June 17 between Third and Fourth avenues for the start of summer construction on the busy city street.

Significant uncertainties remain as Whatcom County officials begin a study of the environmental impacts of a new jail in an industrial and residential neighborhood in Ferndale.

A new report indicates the increased number of British Columbians shopping in Northwest Washington is dampening retail growth in the province.

Major construction will disrupt the routines of drivers and businesses on Vista Drive this summer, and the city is hosting an open house to provide information about the project.

Seven adults and two children were forced from their homes by a fire at a mobile home park late Thursday, June 6, in north Ferndale.

Officials from the city and Lummi Nation are back at the table, negotiating a complicated agreement over retail development on land the tribe owns in the south end of the city.

A legislative workgroup chaired by Gov. Jay Inslee voted unanimously Tuesday to hire a Virginia-based climate consultant to examine Washington state's options for reducing greenhouse gases that are contributing to global climate change.

Emergency teams practiced how they would handle an oil spill into Whatcom Creek during a drill downstream of the Maritime Heritage Park fish hatchery Tuesday afternoon, June 4. The Oil Spill Containment and Response Team from Kinder Morgan set up booms along the creek to simulate how they would stop spilled oil from spreading down the creek.

If the state's top 50 lobbyists can afford to spend $65,000 within four months on receptions and suppers meant to woo Washington's part-time legislators, they certainly have a little money to spare to help the Public Disclosure Commission update its technology to make that information accessible to taxpayers.

Piping judge Alan Walters keeps an eye out for details as he makes notes while judging bands at the Bellingham Scottish Highland Games at Hovander Homestead Park Saturday, June 1, 2013 in Ferndale.