Jared Jones

  Jared Allen Jones “Shorty,” known for his love of sharing Jesus and his adventurous ways, died unexpectedly on March 15, 2018, at the age of 33.  Jared was born April 8, ...

Donna Carlman

  Donna L. Carlman, born a daughter of Fay and Hazel Richards on Aug. 23, 1926, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.   She was preceded ...

Dolores Miller

  Dolores A. Miller of Nooksack passed away on March 6, 2018. She was the only child of Stanley and Dorothy Loch Sumner. She was born on her grandparents’ farm near Toppenish, ...

Alex Motes

  Alex Motes, age 101, of Lynden, passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018.   Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Wendell Feenstra

  Wendell Feenstra, age 69, of Lynden, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018.   Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home.

Gayle Miller

  Mrs. Gayle M. Miller, longtime resident of Ferndale, passed away on Jan. 5, 2018.   A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7, in the United Church of Ferndale.

Two Ferndale students diagnosed with whooping cough

Two Ferndale School District students have been diagnosed with pertussis (whooping cough), according to a report issued by the district. The FSD was notified by the Whatcom County Health ...

Ferndale’s one-of-a-kind student-athlete

Three-sport athlete Reid Benson’s attitude is something that cannot be taught By Kevin Doucette [email protected] FERNDALE — Whether it’s on the baseball diamond, the football ...

As Sunshine Week continues, let’s look back at SB 6617

Sunshine Week kicked off on Sunday, and as we celebrate public access to information across the nation, it’s important to not forget Senate Bill 6617. We wrote about it a couple of ...

Letters to the Editor — March 14, 2018

On gun control I am distraught that my 42nd District senator once again would not support gun control. How many more school shootings will it take to convince him that assault weapons ...