WA State Legislature back to in-person sessions
By Renee Diaz and Alexandria Osborne Washington State Journal OLYMPIA — After two years of an online and hybrid Legislature that severely restricted legislators’ direct contact ...
WA House Bill 1017 speeds process to get cosmetology license
Testing bottleneck currently slows ability to join workforce By Alexandria Osborne Washington State Journal OLYMPIA — Cosmetology students will be able to register for their final ...
Jo Young
Jo Young
Jo Young went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Jan. 9, 2023. Jo was born on a farm outside of Rock Valley, Iowa on Nov. 29, 1931 to John and Jeannette Harmelink. She ...
Ivan Lee Likkel
Ivan Lee Likkel
Ivan Lee Likkel was born March 20, 1940 and passed peacefully on Jan. 10 at the age of 82.
The fifth son of Fred and Nancy Likkel, Ivan was born in Everett which was ...
GUEST OPINION: Where are you headed? Any goals for 2023?
By Elisa Claassen We have been wading into a new year, possibly a bit cautiously after the years of 2020- 2022. People with big smiles put up their new calendars and Facebook posts ...
GUEST OPINION: Nooksack River adjudication ‘essential to solving water problems’
By Jim Hansen I support full funding in the state budget for the Nooksack watershed adjudication scheduled to begin this summer. Adjudication will play a central role in resolving many ...
Ferndale Chamber to host 2023 Annual General Meeting
First in-person meeting Chamber of Commerce has hosted since 2020 By Sarah McCauley Staff Reporter FERNDALE — On Wednesday, Jan. 18 at the Silver Reef Casino Resort, the Ferndale ...
Louis ‘Louie’ (Punk) Millay
Louis ‘Louie’ (Punk) Millay
Louis “Louie” (Punk) Millay passed away in Bellingham, born in Lynden to parents Fred and Estella Millay (deceased) and raised on the farm in Everson ...
Dr. Robert James Lorence
Dr. Robert James Lorence
Dr. Robert James Lorence was born on Dec. 19, 1940 in Yakima to parents Charles Martin Lorence and Kathleen Esther (Pollock) Lorence. Bob passed Dec. 27 in ...
Louise Inez Greer
Louise Inez Greer
Louise Inez Greer, extraordinarily loved mother, grandmother, aunt, and great grandmother has died in her sleep at the age of 96.
She was born on June 14, 1926 in ...