Ferndale News

A new disc golf course could soon go up in VanderYacht Park if the Ferndale City Council approves $10,000 requested for the project at its meeting Monday, July 6. Money would come from the Parks Mitigation Fund, which sets aside dollars collected from residential or commercial developments.

Sixty-four years after beginning her career in medicine and health, Ferndale's Madaleine Lippert still has what it takes to win a national award.

It was a hopeful letter sent to a president who campaigned on that very feeling.

People are invited to an early Independence Day celebration Friday, July 3, featuring a barbecue and a well-known local storyteller.

Five local State Farm agents have been recognized by the insurance and financial services company for excellence in business.

For centuries, couples have shared their love with their families and friends on their wedding day.

Whatcom Land Trust is promoting its summer-long Junior Stewards program with a special event at 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 26, that offers a close-up look at several birds of prey.

Six Whatcom County students were among those named Outstanding Graduates for 2008-2009 at Western Washington University.

Glacierview Animal Hospital in Ferndale recently achieved EnviroStar status. According to a company press release, it is the first veterinary hospital in Whatcom County to achieve this status, which is run in Whatcom County as a joint effort of Whatcom County Health Department and the regional EnviroStars Cooperative.

Crews will widen and extend Second Avenue this year, and they'll wait until next year to install a roundabout at Interstate 5 and Portal Way, officials said.

Total property sales in Whatcom County communities continue to significantly lag behind the previous year, according to a new report.

Ten teachers in the Ferndale and Mount Baker school districts received Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century grants through the state.

The bounty of berries in Whatcom County offers young and old an opportunity to savor the fresh, sweet tastes of summer right off the vine, and maybe even put some by for that rainy evening in January to remember that hot day in July.

A new hardware store is set to open in Ferndale, Wash., near Bellingham. Ferndale Ace Hardware will hold a grand opening ceremony June 12 that will include a chain-cutting ceremony, music, a barbecue and a John Madden look-a-like contest.

Another pathetic attempt at a shakedown... there are other shakedowns ongoing, where the accused are mostly conveniently dead and unable to defend themselves.

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, is inviting constituents in the 2nd Congressional District to hear an update on efforts in Congress to help the economy recover.

William Banham and Ryan Barnes of Ferndale have graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

No matter their actual heritage, the hundreds of Whatcom County residents who attended the Scottish Highland Games at Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale on Sunday, June 7, made no secret of their enthusiasm for all things Scottish.

Sixteen-year-old Michael Verner stood on the hood of an old white Buick Century yelling to all who passed by at the annual Blast from the Past festival Saturday afternoon.

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail.