GUEST OPINION: Thinking people

By Judy Heinrichs New week, new challenges, political situations, voting, pandemics. I would like to invite you to come out to Sumas or maybe another community that experienced the ...

Letters to the Editor — Aug. 31, 2022

Letter: Equitable opportunities through education Editor, I am impressed that Rep. Sharon Shewmake consistently supports investing in early education with the goal of breaking cycles ...

Donald Branham

Donald Branham Donald Eugene “Don” Branham, age 87, died Aug.  23 in Bellingham. Born to Alvin and Leetie Branham at Climax, KS on Sept. 5, 1934, Don grew up in Phoenix, Ariz. ...

Naomi Gossman

Naomi Gossman Naomi Lorraine Gossman passed away peacefully on Aug. 15 at the age of 94. Naomi was born in Dallas, Oregon, in 1928 and grew up on a farm in the Willamette Valley, where ...

Johanna Roosma

Johanna Roosma Johanna Hendrika Roosma age 91 went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, Aug. 27.  Johanna was born July 31, 1931 in Oak Harbor to Henry and Maria Hordyk. She ...

Eileen Erdmann

Eileen Erdmann died suddenly on Aug. 9 at her home in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Eileen was born on Oct. 3, 1953 to Theofield (Ted) and Florence (Rexford) Erdmann. She was Ted’s fourth ...

Legendary wrestling coach Lee Andersen dies at 72

HOF wrestler at WWU, HOF coach at Ferndale High School By Paul Madison Historian, WWU Athletics BELLINGHAM — Lee Andersen, one of Western Washington University’s greatest athletes ...

Takeaways from Aug. 26 football jamboree

Teams get game-tempo action ahead of week one By Connor J. Benintendi Sports Editor WHATCOM — It is officially week one of the high school football season. On Friday, Aug. 26, four ...

Community Calendar for Aug. 31, 2022

Sept. 1-30 We Scoop photo contest and prize drawing Submit your best photo of your dog and/or enter to win super handy scooping prizes. During September, dog owners are invited to take ...

Lummi students travel to Kennedy Space Center

Students send experiment to ISS in November   LUMMI NATION — Not many students have created a science experiment that will be conducted on the International Space Station. For students ...