FALL HOME & GARDEN 2023: Lynden Powerhouse a multi-generational Net-Zero energy home

By Jake Evans For the Tribune The Lynden Powerhouse makes all its own energy. That means a $0 utility bill. Because this new home is super-insulated and doesn’t leak heat, the house ...

FALL HOME & GARDEN 2023: Everything well-ordered and its space

By Elisa Claassen For the Tribune Jennifer Johnson is the founder of The Orderly Space, a professional organizing business based out of the Bellingham/Ferndale area. Johnson’s work, ...

FALL HOME & GARDEN 2023: Scheffer family downsizes into forever home

Twists and turns result in home on Sumas Mountain By Elisa Claassen For the Tribune Ken and Charmae Scheffer met through mutual friends in their high school years, he at Nooksack Valley ...

FALL HOME & GARDEN 2023: New home for Davis family

Fresh start means more space By Elisa Claassen For the Tribune The Davis family was living happily in a new home when the November 2021 Nooksack Valley floods hit hard. It wasn’t ...

FALL HOME & GARDEN 2023: Views all around

With golf on one side, water on the other, Semiahmoo property is showplace and home By Elisa Claassen For the Tribune This is a home with a wow-factor but yet the sophistication and ...

Whiskey Walk to be fundraiser for Lynden Music Festival

By Bill Helm Editor LYNDEN — Believe it or not, there are two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tribute bands named Petty or Not. One band is from southern California, north of Los ...

All streamside conservation contracts in review

CREP in scramble after ‘erroneous enrollment’ By Cal Bratt For the Record WHATCOM — A popular streamside habitat restoration program is in a scramble this month, as local property ...

Lake Whatcom Fire now 90% contained

Staff Reports WHATCOM — As of 11 a.m. Sept. 4, the 40-acre Lake Whatcom Fire is 90% contained, according to the National Fire Protection Association website, NFPA.org. Just before ...

Tracy Smith

Tracy Smith was called to her heavenly home on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. She was born in the Netherlands on Nov. 30, 1941, to parents Jacob and Pearl (Bajema) Tiemersma. The family immigrated ...

Doreen Alice Adams

Doreen Alice Adams, 76, of Ferndale passed away Aug. 8, 2023, at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham. Doreen was born July 31, 1947, in Bellingham to Ellis and Lynette ...