Letters to the Editor — May 31, 2023

Mission statement and values Editor, I have been a cancer patient at the St. Joseph PeaceHealth Cancer center since the summer of 2021 when I was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal gastric ...

Guest Opinion: Do the border, a how-to

When shopping for used goods, Canada provides some great deals. We now get $1.35 Canadian for every U.S. dollar. That means everything across the border is 26% less than stated. No ...

Signs by Tomorrow adds promotional products

BELLINGHAM — The Bellingham franchise of Signs by Tomorrow recently expanded into promotional products with its acquisition of Laserpoint Awards & Promotions. Krys Bennett, owner ...

Gary Richard Hedberg 

Gary Richard Hedberg Gary Richard Hedberg was born June 5, 1939, to Alvin and Veronica Hedberg. He passed away at home on Sunday, May 14, 2023, after a courageous fight with cancer. ...

Edna Helen Varang

Edna Helen Varang Edna Helen Varang, 84, of Bellingham, WA, passed away on May 19, 2023. Born to Ermina and Harold Emery on Nov. 17, 1938, she grew up in Shelton, WA, and moved to Bellingham ...

Max Ronald ‘Ron’ Sheets

Max Ronald Sheets “Ron” passed away at his home in Fairbanks, AK on April 19, 2023 at the age of 88. He was preceded in death by brother, Steven Siegel, and is survived by brother ...

Kathleen Diane Allbaugh

Kathleen Diane Allbaugh Kathleen Diane Allbaugh, March 30, 1963 – May 24, 2023 Everson, WA. After battling Leukemia, Kathy died at home surrounded by her family at the age of ...

Jimmy Lee Halderman

Jimmy Lee Halderman Jimmy Lee Halderman of Everson, WA, passed away on May 6, 2023, at the age of 88. Jim was born on April 13, 1935, in Bellingham, WA. Jim graduated from Meridian ...

Tyson William John Scheffer

Tyson William John Scheffer Tyson William John Scheffer, age 26, went home to be with his heavenly Savior on May 20, 2023. He was a beloved son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend and ...

John Bernard Desmond

John Bernard Desmond John Bernard Desmond, age 74 of Lynden, WA died on April 25, 2023 due to a series of medical complications. Born in Long Beach, CA on Oct. 14, 1948, to Walter ...