Public Meetings — March 8, 2017

Wednesday, March 8 • Whatcom Community College Board of Trustees, Laidlaw Center board room, 237 W. Kellogg Rd., Bellingham, 2 p.m. The board may take action on proposed engineering ...

Calendar – Week of March 8

Ongoing ‘Seven Brides’ Lynden High School students perform the musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” March 10-12 in Judson Hall auditorium, 516 Main St. Show times 7 p.m. ...

Letters to the Editor — March 8, 2017

Thanks for donations I would just like to thank the Tribune readers for your generous donations to the Readers Care Fund and let you know how much of a lifesaver it is to us! Our noon ...

Buchanan to run for county, again

County Council member will vie for new at-large position By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — Barry Buchanan, Whatcom County Council member and current chair, has announced ...

Tonight’s topic is county’s septic inspection program

WHATCOM — The county Health Department will provide information about the county’s on-site septic system inspection program at the next meeting of the Tenmile Clean Water Project ...

Richard Bailey

Richard Arnold Bailey passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on Feb. 14, 2017. He was born on Sept. 1, 1938 in Bellingham and grew up on his family’s dairy farm near Ferndale. He ...

Carole Swales

Carole Swales, age 79, passed away at home on Sunday, March 5, 2017. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Hirst of water case to speak in Bellingham March 15

BELLINGHAM — Eric Hirst, the person behind the Washington State Supreme Court’s “Hirst decision” of last October on water rights, will speak on “Water in Whatcom County, and ...

Dance show on March 25 is all for Ethiopia well drilling

LYNDEN — Dancing For Joy of Bellingham is partnering with Lynden Christian Schools and Evangeline International for a benefit show to raise money for clean water. “Thirst No More” ...

Cystic Fibrosis annual riding event March 12

LYNDEN — The sixth annual Melanie Ann Plagerman Memorial Games Show to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be on Sunday, March 12, at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. ...