UPDATE: Ferndale schools closed Tuesday due to snow; Mount Baker schools close today
With early-Tuesday snow across north Whatcom County, Ferndale schools will be closed today. Mt. Baker announced at 7:30 a.m. that its schools will be closed Tuesday “due to worsening ...
Ferndale High School to host community open house
FERNDALE — From 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 16, Ferndale School District will host an open house for the community to tour the new Ferndale High School building. Although construction ...
Community Calendar for Feb. 22, 2023
Through March 8 Youth musical theater classes Youth musical theater classes at Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden from Feb. 1-March 8. Learn acting, singing, and dancing skills ...
Letters to the Editor – Feb. 22, 2023
Everyone deserves a safe community Editor, The Riveters Collective Justice System Committee believes that everyone deserves a safe community, regardless of where they live, the color ...
Guest Opinion UPF: Building a world of peace
The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) is a global network of individuals and organizations dedicated to building a world of peace in which everyone can live in freedom, harmony, cooperation ...
Be The One program creates meaningful, lasting connections for North Whatcom County students
CLASS NOTES By Sarah McCauley Staff Reporter WHATCOM — Settling in at a table inside Lynden High School, Janna Gripp pulls out a lunch bag. But Gripp is not another student. She ...
Lesli Marie Higginson
Lesli Marie Higginson
Lesli Marie Higginson died at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham on January 6, 2023 after bravely and stoically battling ovarian cancer for 4-1/2 years. She was ...
George Fredrick Harrison
George Fredrick Harrison
George Fredrick Harrison passed on peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham on Feb. 10 at the age of 83.
George was ...
Art is more than a job for Lorna Libert
Art group meets each Wednesday to paint and to enjoy each others’s company By Bill Helm Editor WHATCOM — Acrylics, oils, water colors. Canvas, wood board, recycled surfaces. At ...
Nathaniel Luke Wielenga
Nathaniel Luke Wielenga
Nate, amazing and loved son, brother, uncle, and nephew passed away on a clear, bright morning February 8th, 2023 in Bellingham. Nate was born October 28th, ...