Calendar for Jan. 4, 2017
Wednesday Bromley stories Sumas Mayor Bob Bromley shares family stories at the Community Memory Talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, in the Sumas Library, 451 Second St. Free. Garden club ...
Letters to the Editor — Jan. 4, 2017
Against changes to Affordable Care Act Republican leaders in Congress have told us that their immediate priorities in 2017 are: 1) to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) ...
‘Seahawks Lady’ prepares for Super Bowl
By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — The Seahawks are inching their way closer to the Super Bowl. It’s now necessary to win for the blue-and-green Washington team ...
Hunt’s late heroics come up one point short
By Nick Elges [email protected] FERNDALE — When a shot goes in as the fourth-quarter buzzer sounds in a close basketball game, the typical result is either overtime or a win ...
Bernard Koops
Bernard (Bernie) Koops was born on April 20, 1912 in Kansas and passed away Dec. 12, 2016 in Holland, Michigan, at the age of 104. Bernie was raised in Colorado and later attended ...
M. Lucille Case
M. Lucille Case died on Dec. 12, 2016.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude O. Case; her son, James Bamford Case; her siblings and their spouses; and many of Claude’s ...
Sharon Sutherland
Sharon Arlene Sutherland, of Sumas, passed away in her sleep on Dec. 29, 2016 due to complications from a stroke on Dec. 28. She was 75.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, ...
Lummi Island man accused of first-degree rape
Justin Leon Brubaker allegedly assaulted a woman early Tuesday The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lummi Island man on Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree rape. At about ...
Looking back at the year that was 2016
JAN. 6 Jensen looks back at eight years as mayor FERNDALE — Gary Jensen still vividly remembers his first day as mayor in January 2008. “I brought all the employees in for a meeting ...
Ecology fining berry grower $102,000
‘George’ Sandhu allegedly watered a field illegally and did not submit required records BELLINGHAM — A Whatcom County berry grower illegally watered raspberries and failed to ...