Jansen to host artists’ studio tour reception

  LYNDEN — The Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., hosts an opening reception and exhibit for the upcoming Whatcom Artist Studio Tour from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6. This is ...

School districts reach teacher pay agreements

Negotiation is left to the local level in new funding system By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — County teacher-pay contracts are still being finalized, even as the ...

City’s Summer of Fun a ‘booming success’

Attendance at Ferndale parks events this summer more than quadrupled 2017 By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale’s 2018 Summer of Fun comes to a close on ...

New leaders at Meridian, Mount Baker

Everett and Sewright are superintending two school districts By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] WHATCOM — Administrative changes this year bring two new leaders to the Meridian ...

FHS volleyball enters ‘unicorn year’

Golden Eagles return five seniors in 2018; focus remains on continuing to get better By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Heading into the 2018 volleyball season, ...

FHS junior publishing book of poetry

‘Out of the Box’ by Anna Corrine Huffman debuts soon on Amazon By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Anna Corinne Huffman needed something to do in her free time, ...

St. Sophia invites all in for Bellingham Greek Festival

  BELLINGHAM ­— Join the fun of celebrating Hellenic culture and heritage at the Bellingham Greek Festival.   This festival will run for four days, Sept. 6-9, at the St. ...

Fundraiser Nov. 9 for Cascade Connections

  BELLINGHAM — The fourth annual Hamster Ball fundraiser for Cascade Connections will be held in the Bellingham Cruise Terminal Friday, Nov. 9, from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.   Haggen ...

Licensing subagencies closed Friday

  WHATCOM — County vehicle and vessel licensing subagent offices, including the licensing division of the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office, will be closed Friday, Aug. 31, through ...

Tena Heeringa

  Tena Hoksbergen Heeringa, our mom, grandma, great-grandma and sister, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.   Tena was born on Nov. 29, 1938 in Sumas to Lewis and Bertha ...