Terri Eisses

  Terri Marie Eisses, age 54, of Everson, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018.   Her service was held Saturday, April 21, in the Laurel Grange.   Arrangements were by Gillies ...

John Jansma

  John Edward Jansma, 79, of Livingston, Montana, passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2018.   Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, ...

Unity Care NW will begin building Ferndale center this year

Uncertainty is overcome by variety of funding sources   WHATCOM — Unity Care NW intends to break ground this summer on a planned new North Whatcom Health Center in Ferndale.   To ...

Dia de los Niños keeps growing

Lynden Library April 28 event to feature food, fun, dance and culture By Ashley Hiruko [email protected] LYNDEN — A Lynden library tradition celebrating the Latino culture ...

County median home sale price at $365,000

Sudden Valley was very hot last quarter, Ferndale and Lynden cooler   WHATCOM — Home prices surged in Sudden Valley and also were robust in Bellingham in first-quarter sales of ...

Inslee sees floodplain project at Ferndale farm

Appel family made upgrades in 2017 that help salmon, flood control By Ashley Hiruko
 [email protected] FERNDALE — During a one-day visit to Whatcom County, Washington Gov. ...

Designing the perfect skate park

Local skaters proposed elements for skate park grant application at Thursday meeting By Brent Lindquist 
[email protected] FERNDALE — From funboxes to snake runs to waterfalls, ...

Tiny-house homeless project struggles to find space

HomesNow! has structure funding, but no place to build By Ashley Hiruko 
[email protected] WHATCOM — The county nonprofit HomesNow!, with a goal of using tiny homes to shelter ...

Robert Brandt

  Robert (Bob) John Brandt, 80, passed away at home on April 13, 2018. He was born Feb. 21, 1938 in Bellingham to John and Bess (Luke) Brandt. He graduated from Bellingham High ...

Jeannine Harrison

  Jeannine Harrison (wife of Joe for 52 years, deceased in 2005) passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2018. Jeannine was a cook at Nooksack Valley schools for 25 years, and known for ...