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Lynden mourns a teen’s death

Lynden School District, others reevalute their bullying policies By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] LYNDEN — The Lynden community is mourning the suicide death of one of its ...

Education ‘levy-cliff’ delayed until 2019

Education funding remains up in the air as the Legislature begins to count down to final day April 23 By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — Last Thursday legislators ...

Calendar – Week of March 15

Ongoing On Phoebe Judson Mary Michaelson speaks six Wednesdays on “My Search for the True Life of Phoebe Goodell Judson.” This sharing on the “Mother of Lynden” is from 2 to ...

It’s your right, it’s your business

This is a guest column by Jim Zachary, editor of The Valdosta (Ga.) Daily Times and director of the Transparency Project of Georgia Every action of government is your business. Every ...

Vylit Vander Giessen

Vylit Lu VanderGiessen, of Lynden, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at the tender age of 13. She was born May 26, 2003 in Bellingham and attended Whatcom County schools. Vylit’s fun-loving ...

Frank Peterson

Frank Newell Peterson was born on July 16, 1927 in Bellingham to Frank Marius and Mary Evalyn Newell Peterson. He graduated from Ferndale High School in 1945, living until college ...

Virginia Crabtree

Virginia Marie Crabtree of Lynden passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017 at Peace Health St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham after a sudden medical crisis. She was 84. Services are pending ...

Margaret Morris

Margaret Ann (Vogel) Morris was greeted by Jesus on March 12, 2017 at the age of 85. She was the second of six children born to Frank and Rose (Schulte) Vogel on March 24, 1931 in ...

Herbert Hatch

Herbert Hatch passed away quietly at the Christian Health Care Center on March 7, 2017. He was 95. A military graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, March 18, at Lakeside ...

Margarita Harvey

Margarita Romero Larios Harvey passed away peacefully on March 9, 2017 at the age of 84. Margarita was born on Jan. 7, 1933 in Los Reyes, Michoacán, Mexico. Her parents were Arturo ...