Anthony Honcoop

  Anthony Honcoop, age 89, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Letters to the Editor — Feb. 3, 2021

Great news for fish, orcas   Re Jan. 27 “Middle Fork Dam Site Now Free-Flowing Stream.” This is the best news for chinook salmon and southern resident orcas!   Thank you ...

Bill lets schools waive graduation requirements

It’s passed the House, 85-11 By Patric Haerle Washington State Journal   OLYMPIC — Washington high school students wrestling with remote learning programs cobbled together as ...

Schools back in session

All middle and high schools to hybrid mode; schools have not transmitted COVID, their leaders say By Calvin Bratt and Brent Lindquist Record staff   WHATCOM ­— Three local public ...

Thornton project still settling

Conservatively, settlement period may last into summer 2022; project completion estimated to happen in 2023 By Brent Lindquist [email protected]   FERNDALE ­— Ferndale ...

County COVID rate is easing

Vaccine supply still far less than demand By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— COVID-19 disease activity was definitely headed downward in late January from ...

Vista celebrates the Great Kindness Challenge

Weeklong event encourages kindness in Ferndale’s middle schools By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — In an ordinary year, Vista Middle School’s Kindness Week ...

COVID cases break out at Sheriff’s Office work center

  BELLINGHAM — On Jan. 19 around 5:30 p.m., an offender living in one of the dormitory units at the minimum security Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Work Center, 2030 Division ...

Ericksen: Cap and trade bill too big for a COVID session

‘We shouldn’t be debating (bills) … when the public isn’t here,’ says local senator   OLYMPIA — The governor’s new cap-and-trade proposal got its first hearing ...

Senate Dems extend Inslee’s emergency orders …

… indefinitely By Franz Wiechers-Gregory [email protected]   OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee took the oath of office for his third consecutive four-year term on Jan. 13 ...