April statistics tell COVID’s awful toll on state economy
Jobless rate triples; 527,000 jobs are lost OLYMPIA — Washington’s economy lost 527,000 jobs in April and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment ...
Silver Reef reopens, with many changes
Gaming space is cut in half, temperature is checked at door WHATCOM — Silver Reef Casino Resort partially reopened last week with measures exceeding public health guidelines, ...
Virginia Smith
Virginia (Wiederspohn) Smith, age 95, passed away of natural causes and went home to Heaven to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 12, 2020.
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Ruth Statema
Ruth Statema, age 89, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
Linda Lou York
Linda Lou York passed away at her home in Ferndale on May 18, 2020. Born in Bellingham, she was the youngest of John and Freda Wynne’s 14 children.
Linda was an incredibly ...
Judy Foster
Judy Foster joined Jesus on Nov. 28, 2019.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sydney Foster, and her son, Kenneth Wimberly.
She leaves behind three children, ...
Pieter Van Den Hoek
Pieter Paulus Van Den Hoek, 87, died on May 20, 2020, in his Lynden home with his family surrounding him.
He was the husband of Betty Van Den Hoek. They celebrated their ...
Lawrence Levien
Lawrence “Larry” Levien died peacefully in his Puyallup home on May 17, 2020, at the age of 76.
Larry was born on Feb. 10, 1944, in Bellingham to Carl and Gwen Levien. ...
POSTPONED
Raymond Harrison Zander, 86, died April 18, 2020, at home in Everson. A memorial and graveside service for Ray, earlier scheduled for June 12, has been postponed because of COVID-19. ...
John Bonwell III
John Edgar Bonwell III, age 89, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
