Linda Smoots
Linda Marie (Jansen) Smoots entered this world on April 10, 1946, as the apple of her parents’ (Vivian and Gary) eyes. As a child, she was enthralled with music, singing, water ...
$1,000 in Kids Coin Scramble at 2021 Vintage Farming Day
LYNDEN — The 2021 Vintage Farming Days show of the Puget Sound Antique Tractor & Machinery Association will definitely happen in July, and there is a jingle of extra ...
Andy Hanson wins plowing match
LYNDEN — The 79th annual International Plowing Match was held Saturday, May 15, on the northwest side of Berthusen Park, with 12 entrants. There were seven participants ...
Rescue bill: $80 million to northwest WA higher education
$47 million as a Whatcom boost WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than $80 million in emergency funding for students, colleges and universities in northwest Washington is contained in ...
Clarifying some ag-overtime matters
What do real estate agents, salespeople, vessel crews and farmers all have in common? Their work hours are often long and unpredictable, and until recently Washington law included ...
Governor signs ag-overtime pay bill
Dairy farms already paying; all farms must pay extra past 40 hours by 2024 OLYMPIA — Agricultural workers in Washington state become eligible for overtime pay under a bill signed ...
Fire districts to ask for levy lifts on Aug. 4 ballot
In 2022 North Whatcom, FD 4 hope to become a Regional Fire Authority By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The fire district that serves the north county will ask ...
Honoring graduating firefighters
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Inslee: State may fully reopen June 30
All counties are in Phase 3 now, although Whatcom COVID case rate remains high By Calvin Bratt [email protected] OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay on May 13 announced that the state ...
Two bodies recovered from car in Nooksack River
Authorities identify two deceased men By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Authorities released Thursday the identities of the two deceased men found in a car in ...