UPDATE: Ferndale School voters pass levy

Measure passes by more than 55%, will help ensure students have access to resources to succeed By Bill Helm Editor FERNDALE — The Tuesday, Feb. 13 special election will not be certified ...

County executive looks back, looks forward

Recently reelected Satpal Sidhu reflects first term in office, talks about plans in second term  By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter FERNDALE — As Whatcom County’s executive, Satpal ...

COUNTRY LIFE: Benchmark drops 87 cents to start 2024

MIELKE MARKET By Lee Mielke The first Federal order Class III milk price of 2024 starts with an 87 cent plunge. The USDA announced the benchmark price at $15.17 per hundredweight, $4.26 ...

13-year-old shoots younger sibling, WCSO responds in Glenhaven

WHATCOM — At approximately 7:45 p.m. Feb. 14, Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a dispatch call from a 13-year-old “saying they had just shot their 11-year-old sibling ...

Russell VanBuren

Russell VanBuren passed away in Bellingham from complications due to a fall on the ice, he was 79 years old. The eldest of two children, he was born on Dec. 4, 1944, in Seattle to Russell ...

Sharlene Hersman Mock Hauge

Sharlene was born in Lynden. She grew up on a chicken farm at Northwood corner and attended Lynden High School. In 1956, she graduated as a registered nurse from the General Hospital ...

Donald Henry Vanderpol

Donald Henry Vanderpol, age 79, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.  Don was born Oct. 11, 1944, Bellingham to Dirk and Emma (Hamstra) Vanderpol. He graduated ...

Kay Lynn Schufreider

Kay Lynn Schufreider, 80, died Dec. 7, 2023, at Valley Medical Center of complications from pneumonia and COVID-19. Kay was born April 27, 1943, in Whatcom County to parents Howard ...

Timothy Jasper Martin Jr.

Timothy Jasper Martin Jr. passed away peacefully on Jan. 30, 2024, just shy of his 85th birthday. Tim was born on March 2, 1939, to parents Timothy Sr. and Bertha Martin in Patterson, ...

Carolyn Ardith Van Mersbergen

Carolyn Ardith Van Mersbergen went to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 at the age of 87. Carolyn was born to B.C. and Henrietta (Schemper) Van Kooten as the fifth ...