Exploring the best movies of 2016

2016: the year of the sequel By Brent Lindquist [email protected] Love it or hate it, 2016 has come to a close, and it has been an interesting year for movies. The year that ...

Spring Creek, with businesses’ help, raises $1,300 for New Way Ministries

BELLINGHAM — Spring Creek Retirement & Assisted Living raised more than $1,300 during its “Christmas In The Forest” fundraiser on behalf of New Way Ministries of Lynden. The ...

Workshops aid in managing land, horses

Upcoming training at three venues LYNDEN ­— It’s time to plan for best land and animal management in 2017. Three workshops sponsored by the Whatcom Conservation District can assist ...

Public Meetings — Jan. 4, 2017

Wednesday, Jan. 4 • Northwest Senior Services Advisory Board, Skagit Publishing community meeting room, 1215 Anderson Rd., Mount Vernon, 1 p.m. The board assists the northwest Washington ...

Calendar for Jan. 4, 2017

Wednesday Bromley stories Sumas Mayor Bob Bromley shares family stories at the Community Memory Talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, in the Sumas Library, 451 Second St. Free. Garden club ...

Letters to the Editor — Jan. 4, 2017

Against changes to Affordable Care Act Republican leaders in Congress have told us that their immediate priorities in 2017 are: 1) to repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) ...

‘Seahawks Lady’ prepares for Super Bowl

By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] FERNDALE — The Seahawks are inching their way closer to the Super Bowl. It’s now necessary to win for the blue-and-green Washington team ...

Hunt’s late heroics come up one point short

By Nick Elges [email protected] FERNDALE — When a shot goes in as the fourth-quarter buzzer sounds in a close basketball game, the typical result is either overtime or a win ...

Bernard Koops

Bernard (Bernie) Koops was born on April 20, 1912 in Kansas and passed away Dec. 12, 2016 in Holland, Michigan, at the age of 104. Bernie was raised in Colorado and later attended ...

M. Lucille Case

M. Lucille Case died on Dec. 12, 2016. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude O. Case; her son, James Bamford Case; her siblings and their spouses; and many of Claude’s ...