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GUEST OPINION: Living kidney donation: A life-affirming experience
We tell stories all the time. If we want to inform or educate on an important topic we need to tell a good story because most people are not motivated by data. It is no accident that ...
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Letters to the Editor – March 22, 2023
Letter: Bender Fields ‘a hub’ for county youth athletics Editor, As northern Whatcom County continues to expand, so do the needs of the local outdoor recreation complexes. Specifically, ...
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Proposed skills center could expand career opportunities for county’s high school students
WHATCOM — A community effort is bringing attention to bringing a skills center to Whatcom County. Like all skills centers, high school juniors and seniors in Whatcom County would ...
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Proposal allows students to earn credits for work
By Alexandria Osborne Washington State Journal OLYMPIA — High school students could earn elective credit through paid work experience under a bill that has passed the state House ...
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Whatcom County News Briefs: March 22, 2023
Lake Whatcom annual meeting March 29 WHATCOM — The annual Lake Whatcom Joint Councils and Commissioners meeting is at 6:30 p.m. March 29 in the City of Bellingham Council Chambers, ...
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Ferndale annexes Friberg farm property
But of 110 acres becoming houses, is it a net cost benefit to the city? By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — The Friberg farm annexation off Thornton Road was approved by the City ...
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Ferndale students show off new school
‘Definitely not like the old school,’ as new space designed to promote collaboration By Sarah McCauley Staff Reporter FERNDALE — Students, parents and curious community members ...
Robert ‘Bob’ Van Diest
Robert ‘Bob’ Van Diest
Robert “Bob” Van Diest, age 89, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 15.
Bob passed peacefully at home surrounded by his wife ...
Marlene H. Marshall
Marlene H. Marshall
Marlene Marshall, age 75, was welcomed into her heavenly home after passing away peacefully on Monday, March 13 at Whatcom Hospice House in Bellingham, after a brief ...
Harriet Mae Renskers Haak
Harriet Mae Renskers Haak
Harriet Mae Renskers Haak entered her eternal rest on March 18 at age 99.
Harriet was born April 11, 1923 at her parents, William and Anna Renskers’ rural ...