Derell Kirk

Derell Kirk entered heaven on Oct. 26 and is now walking and leaping and praising the Lord as he has not been able to walk for several years. Derell was born January 29, 1931 in Marble ...

Dixie Shipley

Dixie Lea Shipley was called to her heavenly home on Oct. 23. Dixie was a lifelong resident of Whatcom County. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Harvey and Jessie ...

New K-9 officer at Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office

Apex takes over for Jax, who retired in August after 8 years with department By Bill Helm [email protected] LYNDEN — After spending nine years with K-9 Jag, Dep. Austin Streubel ...

Letters to the Editor — Nov. 3, 2021

Pull together, fight COVID-19 Editor, I am very concerned about continued refusal by many in Whatcom County, and our country, to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Unless you have a legitimate ...

Masked by low-priced, reliable electricity

By Don C. Brunell For years, Washington State masked its high business and regulatory costs with low priced, reliable electricity — lots of it. However, Tennessee packages low ...

Thank you for your service

By Bill Helm Once upon a time, Veterans Day was known as Armistice Day. Proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson in November 1919, plans for the first holiday included parades, public ...

Nooksack Valley grad learned Korean through Defense Language Institute

Ja An Littlefield reflects on time in Korea By Brent Lindquist [email protected] LYNDEN — When Ja An Littlefield approached military recruiters in the early 1980s, she had one ...

Sense of responsibility, purpose

Anthony Knapp recognized for meritorious service at Royal International Air Tattoo show By Bill Helm [email protected] LYNDEN — Near the end of his 14-plus year career with the ...

Shane Van Dalen, scholarship coordinator, Mount Baker Rotary Club

By Bill Helm [email protected] LYNDEN — By day, he’s an insurance agent for New York Life. For fun, for hard work, and because he likes to help people, Shane Van Dalen is also ...

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