A Challenging Year and Looking Ahead

The State of the City for 2021 By Greg Hansen, Ferndale Mayor Remembering a single day can bring the distance of a year into focus. It was at the second council meeting in March, only ...

Bill that bans private prisons wins bipartisan support

State’s only one is detention center used by ICE in Tacoma By Patric Haerle Washington State Journal   OLYMPIA — Washington’s only private detention center is proposed for ...

Augustina Berendsen

  Augustina “Gussie” Berendsen passed into glory suddenly on Feb. 22, 2021, on her 89th birthday.   Gussie was born on Feb. 22, 1932, on Front Street to Gerrit and Elsie ...

Ferndale soccer shut out by Burlington-Edison

Golden Eagles unable to break Tigers’ pressure By Hailey Palmer [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale girls soccer team taking the field this season isn’t the same ...

Ethel Gobbato

  Ethel Louise Gobbato (Noni to her family and many friends), 91, of Lynden, passed away at PeaceHealth in Bellingham on Feb. 8, 2021. She passed away from complications of aspiration ...

Terry De Valois

  Terry De Valois passed away on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.   Terry was born Aug. 7, 1937, in Bellingham to John and Hendrika “Rita” (Van Lohuizen) De Valois. He attended Ebenezer ...

Leo Cornelsen

  Leo Dale Cornelsen, age 78, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, after suffering a stroke.   A graveside service with military ...

Debra Wilkinson

  Debra Wilkinson, age 67, of Blaine, passed away Saturday morning, Feb. 27, 2021.   Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services…. ...

Alice Erickson

  Alice A. Erickson, age 84, passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. A family gathering will take place in the summer.   Funeral arrangements are by Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation ...

Clean fuels bill clears state House

It was heavily opposed by Republicans, fuel producers By Joseph Claypoole Washington State Journal   OLYMPIA — A low-carbon fuel bill passed the state House of Representatives ...