Where are they now? Sumas resident Tricia Griffin Hadeen and family looking for stability

By Elisa Claassen For the Record  SUMAS — The November 2021 floods displaced many residents in Sumas, Nooksack, and Everson. Homes were flooded, evacuated, even torn apart. Many ...

Supplemental American Rescue Plan funding available

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced supplemental American Rescue Plan Act funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP).  The program will receive a ...

Flood infrastructure repair comes at a price

County uses $3 million so far  By Elisa Claassen For the Record WHATCOM — Around $3.1 million has been spent so far on Whatcom County road repairs in the historic flood response ...

Kristi Dominguez is Ferndale’s new superintendent

FERNDALE — Friday, the Ferndale School Board named Kristi Dominguez as its new superintendent. Dominguez currently serves as the assistant superintendent of Teaching & Learning ...

Standards for police pursuits, use of force, defined

By Juan Morfin Washington State Journal Police can pursue and stop vehicles if they have a reasonable suspicion of a crime being committed under new legislation that is headed to the ...

George Hickey

A celebration of life for George Hickey will be held on Sunday March 27 at 1:30 p.m. at the Rotary Building, Lynden.

Sherry Cline

Sherry Cline  Sadly our mom, Sherry Paul Cline, 89, of Ferndale passed away peacefully on Monday morning March 7.  Sherry was born to Paul and Esther Hand in the small town of Neodesha, ...

Lyle Leo Richner

Lyle Leo Richner  Our beloved brother, Lyle Leo Richner, went to Jesus on Sunday, March 13. He was born December 23, 1949 to Herbert ‘Bert’ Donovan and Thelma Gertrude (Tobias) ...

Rick Biesheuvel

Rick Biesheuvel Richard “Rick” Allen Biesheuvel, age 70 went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 17 as a result of metastatic prostate cancer.  Rick was born October ...

David Goddard

David Goddard David Goddard, a man with a sly sense of humor and an infectious laugh, was born on March 13, 1942, in Swedish Hospital in Seattle. David graduated from Seattle’s Roosevelt ...