Community calendar for July 31, 2024

Through Aug. 23 Farmtunes  Bellewood Farms & Distillery will host its summer concert series, Farmtunes, from 6-9 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 23. The family friendly concerts present ...

Roundabout improvements at southbound I-5 Slater Road interchange near Ferndale begin July 29

FERNDALE — Beginning at 8 p.m. Monday, July 29, travelers should expect to see construction activities along the southbound Interstate 5 interchange at Slater Road near Ferndale. ...

WCLS reaches Hispanic communities

New cultural liaisons help expand services for Spanish speakers By Ava Ronning For the Record WHATCOM — With the addition of a Spanish-speaking phone line and two cultural liaisons, ...

Letters to the editor: July 24, 2024

Letter: Questions about new high school proposal Editor, I have read with interest the many submissions about a new high school in Lynden. I haven’t read everything, so forgive me ...

GUEST OPINION: Respect one another, regardless of politics

By Sandy Phillips As a citizen, a voter and a political candidate I feel that I have to comment on the shooting of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on ...

WHATCOM COUNTY NEWS BRIEFS: July 24, 2024

Woman dies in car accident near Nugents Corner Staff Reports WHATCOM— An 87-year-old Burlington woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident north of Nugents Corner near Lawrence. Judith ...

Sandra Jean (Matheis) Sinclair

Sandra Jean (Matheis) Sinclair, our cherished mom, grandma, sister, aunt, and friend, was carried home by the Heavenly Angels on the morning of Thursday, June 27, 2024, to meet her ...

Henry ‘Hank’ Hoekstra

Henry “Hank” Hoekstra, 86 years old, went into the loving arms of Jesus on July 16, 2024, at Christian Health Care Center after a battle with Parkinson’s Plus (and PSP). Hank ...

Elinor Louise Montgomery

Elinor Louise Montgomery passed away peacefully on July 5, 2024 at Whatcom Hospice House with her family at her side. She was born on Dec. 28, 1939 in Bellingham and was raised on ...

Ron ‘Butch’ Digerness

Ron “Butch” Digerness, 81, passed away peacefully in his Birch Bay home on July 10, 2024. Born on Nov. 15, 1942, in Whatcom County to Gay and Bernice Digerness, Ron graduated from ...