Hearty pot pie warms blustery spring days

  My goodness, I’m feeling quite a bit like Dorothy Gale these days, aren’t you? There’s nothing like spring in the Pacific Northwest to whip up the winds and chill you right ...

City secures funding for overcrossing

$19 million will fund rail crossing, road improvements FERNDALE — The proposed Thornton Street overcrossing just took a big step toward becoming a reality. On Wednesday, March 9, ...

Strong winds cause problems, twice

Windward High School lost power Thursday WHATCOM ­— Strong wind overnight knocked out power in many places and closed some schools on Thursday, March 10. Ferndale’s Windward High ...

FHS students plant cherry blossoms on Hanadori Trail

Students in Ferndale High School’s landscape design class planted cherry blossoms on Ferndale’s Hanadori Trail on Monday. Read the full story in next week’s ClassNotes section. ...

Richard Johnson

  Richard (Dick) Johnson slipped away from us on March 1, 2016, after a full life of 83 years, most of them spent flying.   Dick/DJ/Friday/Papa Gibb/The Colonel was born in ...

Mary Ann Ford

  Mary Ann Koetje Ford, a longtime resident of Skagit Valley, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Skagit Valley Hospital. She was born in Concrete at home on March 14, 1933, ...

Bonney Shirley

  Bonney Melburn (Mel) Shirley, age 73, died on Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Bellingham at St. Joseph PeaceHealth Medical Center. Mel was born on July 23, 1942, in Coeur d’Alene, ...

Ivy Hansen

  Ivy Eleanor Hansen, age 99, was ushered into the Lord’s presence on March 3, 2016.   Ivy was born on Sept. 29, 1916, to William and Laura Willmore. Though she spent most ...

Carl Johnson Jr.

  Carl Emil Johnson Jr. passed away on Feb. 27, 2016. He was born in Bellingham on June 15, 1924, along with one sister and three brothers. His father, also named Carl, had a small ...

Angela Metzger

  Angela Agnes Metzger, 59, of Lynden, passed into the arms of her Savior on Saturday, March 5, 2016, six months after being diagnosed with cancer. She accepted the Lord Jesus as ...