FALL HOME & GARDEN 2023: Views all around

With golf on one side, water on the other, Semiahmoo property is showplace and home By Elisa Claassen For the Tribune This is a home with a wow-factor but yet the sophistication and ...

Whiskey Walk to be fundraiser for Lynden Music Festival

By Bill Helm Editor LYNDEN — Believe it or not, there are two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tribute bands named Petty or Not. One band is from southern California, north of Los ...

All streamside conservation contracts in review

CREP in scramble after ‘erroneous enrollment’ By Cal Bratt For the Record WHATCOM — A popular streamside habitat restoration program is in a scramble this month, as local property ...

Lake Whatcom Fire now 90% contained

Staff Reports WHATCOM — As of 11 a.m. Sept. 4, the 40-acre Lake Whatcom Fire is 90% contained, according to the National Fire Protection Association website, NFPA.org. Just before ...

Tracy Smith

Tracy Smith was called to her heavenly home on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. She was born in the Netherlands on Nov. 30, 1941, to parents Jacob and Pearl (Bajema) Tiemersma. The family immigrated ...

Doreen Alice Adams

Doreen Alice Adams, 76, of Ferndale passed away Aug. 8, 2023, at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham. Doreen was born July 31, 1947, in Bellingham to Ellis and Lynette ...

Bob ‘Beebe’ Bronkema

Bob Bronkema, known as Beebe to the Bronkema family, died peacefully in his home in Lynden surrounded by family at the age of 93. He was born on Feb. 19, 1930, to Katie (Hamming) and ...

Patricia ‘Tricia’ Dykstra

Patricia Ann (Smith) Dykstra, age 49, departed this life on Aug. 10, 2023 to embrace a new life in heaven. She endured a tough battle with acute myeloid leukemia. However, she did not ...

Gallery: 2023 Northwest Washington Fair: Week 1

Held in Lynden’s backyard at the fairgrounds, this year’s Northwest Washington Fair got rolling with the Demolition Derby from Aug. 10-11. In addition to the annual Ferris wheel, ...

A hobby and business

Ferndale owner gives folks an opportunity to begin or continue finding hidden sports card gems  By Taras McCurdie Staff Reporter FERNDALE — John Sandstrom’s passion for collecting ...