Section: Local

Crews with the City of Ferndale and Whatcom County Public Works will be striping Ferndale area streets this Friday and Saturday from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The State Department of Health suspended the license of Carol Ann Plesha of Bellingham after she voluntarily withdrew from a substance abuse monitoring program, violating terms of her agreed order

The same restaurant on Holly Street was broken into in late August and burglars stole about $2000 worth of liquor

Propane fire pits without solid wood burning will still be allowed, along with propane and charcoal BBQs.

The EPA’s Air Quality Now website puts Bellingham air at green, or satisfactory quality this morning, forecasted to move to yellow, indicating moderate smoke pollution levels today

Running Start is a statewide partnership with high schools that allows more than 1,100 juniors and seniors to attend WCC tuition free every year while earning college credit.

Whatcom County and the cities of Bellingham, Lynden, Ferndale, Sumas, Everson, Nooksack and Blaine have teamed up and combined their federal CARES Act allocations to offer a competitive grant program, called Whatcom ReStart, to assist businesses that have experienced revenue losses and expenses due to COVID-19-related closures or impacts

Starting this week, crews will construct a fish-passable culvert under Squalicum Parkway near where it becomes Birchwood Avenue, just north of PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center

Hilary Swank stars in a new Netflix series called “Away” in which she wears socks from Bellingham’s Modsock

All state-managed public lands east of the Cascades will be closed at least until Friday due to extreme fire danger