Virginia Singh

Virginia Diaz Singh, of Bellingham, passed away on Dec. 7, 2016. Please join us for a memorial gathering in Westford Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Jan. 7, 2017. See full obit and share your ...

Galina Grigorchenkova

Galina P. Grigorchenkova, of Bellingham, passed away on Dec. 17, 2016. Services were held in Bellingham. Share your memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com.

Mary VanderWerff

Lynden resident Mary VanderWerff, age 75, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. You are invited to join the family for a memorial service at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, in Gillies ...

Irene Zwiers

Irene Zwiers, 94, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 24, 2016 at home in Everson, where she lived for 67 years. Please share your condolences and memories in the online guestbook ...

Northbound I-5 lane closed south of Bellingham

BELLINGHAM — Drivers using northbound Interstate 5 south of Bellingham should be prepared for extended delays and backups through this week as crews remove unstable rock from an adjacent ...

Turner selected as new Ferndale chief

New police chief, serving in Utah now, will take over here in early 2017 FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale has announced the choice of Kevin Turner as its new police chief. Riley Sweeney, ...

Lighting up the Ferndale neighborhood

Above, a house belonging to Melvin Hansen on Norway Road was named the winner of the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce’s Residential Lights Contest on Tuesday. Hansen’s entire house ...

Perry Pallet reaches $4 million in sales

A demonstration is held during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Perry Pallet company on Friday. Perry Pallet celebrated its biggest year of sales ever, over $4 million, and the completion ...

When snow hits the fan

The decision to cancel classes is not an easy one By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — Last week’s surprise snowfall left schools closed across the county. And while ...

Ski to Sea Race cross country skiing leg is … kept after all

Decision by Whatcom Events is changed from Monday to Tuesday By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — A day after announcing it would drop the Ski to Sea Race cross country ...