City council approves new SRO contract

School district now fully paying for officer’s salary By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council began discussing the cost of a school resource ...

TriVan now building fire aid vehicles

Fire District 14 gets first unit, North Whatcom next By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— Fire District 14 on Friday took possession of the first emergency aid ...

Gerrit Polinder

  Gerrit Polinder, age 93, passed away Saturday morning, March 16, 2019.   Gerrit was known for his memories of local history and compassionate work for the American Red Cross. ...

Gerald Vermeulen

  Gerald Vermeulen, also known as “Bud,” passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on Friday, March 8, 2019, at the age of 80.   The son of Gerrit and Adrianna (Berrevoets) ...

Gretta Bovenkamp

  Gretta Bovenkamp passed away peacefully on March 16, 2019, at the age of 87. She was born Hilda Gretta Leenders in Langley, British Columbia, to Hilda and Dick Leenders on Sept. ...

Gordon Thompson

  Born in Big Timber, Montana, on Aug. 10, 1938, Gordon Thompson stubbornly crossed the bar to Valhalla on Feb. 25, 2019.   He will be deeply missed by his wife, Denise Dibb ...

Don Berry

  Don Berry, age 91, passed away at the Christian Health Care Center on Monday, March 18, 2019.   Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Vernon Armstrong

  Vernon Ray Armstrong of Bellingham, formerly of Lynden and Ferndale, passed away on Feb. 21, 2019.   He was born in Goodland, Kansas, on March 10, 1953.   He is survived ...

Sheila Smith

  Sheila Lorraine Smith, age 72, passed away suddenly on March 7, 2019, at her home in Auburn, Washington.   Sheila was born Nov. 4, 1946, to Neil and Carol (Elsbree) Smith ...

Phyllis Manier

  Phyllis Irene Manier was born in Cadillac, Michigan, on Aug. 28, 1925, to Phillip and Irene Bashaw.   She was preceded in death by her only sister, Jeanne, and her husband, ...