Ferndale, Bellingham home sales lead Whatcom County in 3Q

By Dave Brumbaugh For the Tribune WHATCOM — Significantly more home sales in the third quarter and another double-digit increase in the median home sales price highlighted the difference ...

Paper snowflake artist, librarian returns to Whatcom

Brooke Pederson will talk about her new book at Village Books Fairhaven, also at Open Book Festival By Bill Helm Editor WHATCOM — Brooke Pederson’s two-plus decade career as a librarian ...

Whatcom County News Briefs

Nobody injured in Lynden rollover accident LYNDEN — At approximately 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, Lynden Police were dispatched to a report of a traffic accident at 19th and Front ...

Genealogical society helps people learn about their past

By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter FERNDALE — First founded in 1969, the Whatcom Genealogical Society is a nonprofit educational organization based out of Ferndale. For more than 50 years, ...

Elena Martinez Ramirez

Our beloved Elena Martinez Ramirez of 88 years, a Lynden resident of over 35 years, born in Guerrero, Mexico on the 16th of August 1936, daughter of Porfirio Martinez and Lucia Montiel, ...

George Albert Pritchard

George Albert Pritchard of Blaine died at his home on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, from natural causes.  He was 91 years old. George was born on April 3, 1933, in Grand Valley, CO to Walter ...

Silvil J. ‘Trixie’ Strong

Silvil J. “Trixie” Strong of Everson passed away at age 93 on Thursday, Oct.17, 2024, in Lynden. Trixie was born on July 25,1931, in Adams, KS to Ray E. and Cora M. (Butterfield) ...

Jeffrey Scott VanBeek

Jeffrey Scott VanBeek, age 47, of Lynden, passed away on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. Born Aug. 3, 1977, Jeff was one of four dearly loved children born to Jerry (Sr.) and Christine VanBeek. ...

Jonathan ‘Jon’ Blair

I had the time of my life with Jonathan “Jon” Blair. Jon was born in Bellingham on Nov. 7, 1966. He went home to his Heavenly Father on Sunday, October 6, 2024, passing of lung ...

Is Whatcom County shifting blue?

Ferndale Mayor Greg Hansen says he ‘often sees votes fairly evenly split’ By Troy Schulz Record Intern WHATCOM — As the Election Day 2024 fast approaches, the chairs of both the ...