You could say my friend Debbie Vander Veen is heavily involved in local agriculture and the NW Washington Fair. Last weekend, she said the Small Animal Experience volunteers voiced ...

Flood prevention nixed by absence Editor, Here we are — rounding out the calendar year — 10 months after the November 2021 flood overflowed the banks of the Nooksack River. We have ...

Wednesday, Aug. 17 marks the 900th day since Gov. Jay Inslee declared emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I know for many of us this probably isn’t top of mind ...

Often we don’t talk about trauma. But it is a real thing changing lives, the way we think, our feelings of safety. Trauma causes fear and anger, it immobilizes motions and actions ...

This week the Northwest Washington Fair – aka the Fair — returns to Lynden.  Now that we are past the COVID-19 lockdowns and I’m getting closer to another decade on this ...

New party ‘to move us forward’ Editor, Right now, a significant, historic change is stirring in the United States. Three new political parties put aside their differences, found ...

Insurance is an agreement between parties to transfer risk. That means that one party pays another party to provide financial compensation in the event of loss of assets, property or ...

We are in the afterglow of a back to the roots Bratt family reunion in northern Michigan in July. About half of the 100 descendants of Daniel and Betty (Klein) Bratt, my parents, came ...

Appreciate the community ‘we are all a part of’ Editor, Let me draw your attention to a long-term story that may have gone unnoticed. As I am sure you are aware, last November, ...

Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society, especially over the news industry.  Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes ...