Lynden News

With milk prices steadily rising in recent months, Whatcom County dairy farmers are finding themselves in the unusual position of earning enough to rebuild savings accounts and pay back loans from the years of lean times.

A few weeks ago, The Bellingham Herald ran an article about a branch library in San Antonio, Texas, that's completely digital.

Kent Holsather, left, and Wes Gannaway are authors of a book about the history of baseball in Whatcom County.

Lynden golfer Logan Medcalf, 8, competes in the drive portion of the national Drive, Chip, and Putt contest.

The number of cases remained at six - five family members in one household and a woman who visited them and then traveled to other places in Whatcom, King and Pierce counties while contagious.

Plans are underway to build a playground on a 14-year-old unused lot in Pioneer Park early next year.

A Whatcom County man has been charged with crashing his car into his girlfriend on purpose - knocking her onto the hood while he kept driving - after an argument at their home off Pole Road.

Lynden's Carson Smith, left, is bent over as he collides with Meridian's Dakota Jones, which causes him to drop the ball at home plate, and scores a run, as Lynden beat Meridian 6-4 in baseball on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in Laurel.

Washington state health officials have issued a warning to anyone who may have been in the vicinity of a particular woman at the end of March: You may have been exposed to measles, a highly contagious and potentially fatal respiratory disease.

Security footage caught a good look at a man suspected of taking $15,000 in computers and electronics from Natural Way Chiropractic in Bellingham.

The bulls thrashed within the bucking shoots, prefacing a night in which they, at least in the championship round, would prove mightier than those brave enough to ride them.

A Lynden woman in her 50s, who identified herself as a customer, called Banner Bank around 11 a.m. claiming she saw a bomb and thought it was in the bank, said Lynden Deputy Police Chief John Billester.

A 19-year-old Allen Helmuth wasn't entirely prepared for his first amateur bull riding event in Sumas in 2003.

Why did Lynden implement an ambulance utility fee? I offer this brief history and explanation because it may also be instructive for other communities in Whatcom County facing the same dynamics and dilemmas.

A person who was confirmed with measles traveled to several western Washington public locations while contagious.

Troopers are still trying to piece together what happened in the moments before a Ford Escape plunged off of Chuckanut Drive Monday afternoon, March 31, killing a 6-year-old Lynden boy and seriously injuring his mother.

Rep.Vincent Buys, R-Lynden, addressed the state House as legislators moved at full speed Monday, March 7, 2011 as the house of origin deadline day for pending legislation passes.

Windy conditions on Saturday during the Anacortes Salmon Derby didn't stop more than 1,100 anglers registered who weighed in a total of 156 hatchery chinook.

One block of 1st Street had to be evacuated Monday morning, March 31, after construction crews working on an apartment complex nicked a gas line and caused a leak, according to city officials.

Or go to the Lynden Fire Department, 215 4th St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays to pick up an application.