Lummi Nation students prepare for Spaceflight Experiments Program

LUMMI — Students at Lummi Nation School are preparing for liftoff. Exciting scientific work has been underway for students participating in The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program ...

HEALTHY LIVING: The road to good health

Supplements and vitamins: stepping stones in your health journey   By Leora Watson  [email protected]  With the start of the new year comes new health goals. Whether it’s ...

Sefzik visits Everson, hosts meeting on Whatcom County flood frustrations

County, city officials join in listening session EVERSON — About 100 people gathered at Nooksack Valley High School in Everson on Saturday, Jan. 22 to air concerns about government ...

Disaster Recovery Center opens in Ferndale

FEMA, in partnership with the Washington State Military Department’s Emergency Management Division, will open a Disaster Recovery Center on Wednesday, Jan. 26 in Ferndale to help ...

Man shot to death outside Ferndale American Legion

FERNDALE — Just after midnight Sunday, Jan. 23, Ferndale Police were dispatched to a possible shooting in the 5500 block of Second Avenue where there was a large private gathering ...

Sefzik bill would slash gas prices nearly 50 cents per gallon

Uses $8B surplus to suspend gas tax, give working families a break OLYMPIA – Washington would get a year-long reprieve from state fuel taxes under a bill sponsored by Washington state’s ...

Two-vehicle accident claims one life in Ferndale

By Bill Helm [email protected] FERNDALE — At 11:33 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, Washington State Patrol and Whatcom County Fire District No. 7 responded to a two-vehicle accident at ...

John Forbes

John Forbes John Stephan Forbes, Sr., husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died peacefully at his home in Lynden in the early hours of Jan. 6 at age 85. The family is ...

Joanne Dykstra

Joanne Dykstra Lifelong Lynden resident Joanne Marie Dykstra was called home to the Lord on Jan. 11. She passed away peacefully in her home on Polinder Road at the age of 88, the same ...

Nicole Barrow

Nicole Barrow Nicole Roberta Barrow went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Jan. 11 after an extended illness. She is remembered as being very compassionate, empathetic, and ...