By Brent Lindquist [email protected] For about 19 hours last Monday, our dog, Sami, was missing. She managed to open a screen door and hop a fence at my wife’s parents’ place ...

By Bill Helm What if? That’s the phrase all greatness came from. Without ‘what if,’ today’s automobile might still look the way it did at the turn of the previous century. Computers ...

Students not facing implementation of critical race theory Editor,   I hope this letter reaches the public before votes are cast in this primary. If not, then I hope you didn’t ...

By North Whatcom Fire & Rescue/Fire District 21 Fire Chief Jason Van der Veen and Fire Commissioner Rich Bosman   Summer is in full swing. Along with sunnier days spent outside ...

Over the last 40 years, our family has vacationed at the same place on the beach. While the buildings have been refurbished, the complex remains largely unchanged. The exception was ...

By Don C. Brunell for the Record   How about some good news coming out of our record-breaking (extreme) heat wave?   Luckily, we live and work in the Pacific Northwest, and ...

By Dave Brumbaugh for the Tribune   Pick what was hotter in Whatcom County: The June 26-28 heat wave or home sales in the second quarter?   Tough call.   Homes, which have ...

More discussion needed for Lynden police cameras   Cameras protect officers and help prove the bad guys were bad. Kudos!   Please ensure the data is kept for a significant period ...

  Even the longest of runs must come to an end. And that time for me is now.   June 30 will be my last day of reporting in to the Tribune building on a pivot Wednesday, that ...

By Manuel Reta   In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn, the American dream of home ownership is still very much alive. Home ownership has long been recognized ...