Everson News

Harold Leroy Frank was 22 years old and had been in the country for less than six months when he was killed in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

People are invited to an early Independence Day celebration Friday, July 3, featuring a barbecue and a well-known local storyteller.

Seattle-born Lynda Bylsma says she always dreamed of living on a farm. After several life changes, she now co-owns and lives at Lost River Alpacas near Nooksack with her husband Alan, who grew up on the dairy farm he inherited.

Residential Features: Cable/Satellite TV, Dish Washer, Hardwood Floors, Patio, Washer and Dryer, Ceiling Fans, Fireplace, Central A/C, Garbage Disposal, Microwave Oven Description: This home is in Sumas River Estates in Nooksack WA which is a fairly new 55+ Community with 25 residents and 4 vacant lots.

Dr. Kenneth H. Spady of Everson, Wash., can't retire at age 81. After more than two years of trying, and several close recruiting calls, there's still no one to take his place in this rural community 100 miles north of Seattle, where the nation's shortage of primary care doctors.

Six Whatcom County students were among those named Outstanding Graduates for 2008-2009 at Western Washington University.

Whatcom County Council candidate Ken Mann is inviting the public to his campaign kickoff Wednesday, June 17.

When Heidi Johnson graduates from Explorations Academy, she knows her next step will be attending Western Washington University in the fall.

Mr Peterkirk: You say to send a message to all the other criminals like the ones that committed these crimes by frying them.

A man carrying a tire iron reportedly broke a glass display case at Wal-Mart at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, May 31, and attempted to steal a PlayStation 3. After removing the merchandise from the broken display case, the man ran toward the store exit where an employee attempted to block him, said Mark Young, spokesman for the Bellingham Police Department.

Ski to Sea, the largest race in Whatcom County, is Sunday, May 24. Here are a few odds and ends about the seven-leg relay, which stretches 90 miles from the Mt.

The cities of Nooksack and Everson could combine to become the City of Nooksack Valley if residents approve of consolidating the two.

For decades, developers have been able to cluster homes together in rural forestry zones, leaving the rest of the land available for logging, but county leaders may vote to remove that ability.

With respect, those knuckleheads knew that nobody was going to harm a hair on their precious little heads.

"The federal income tax started as just a tax on the wealthy too." Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Fed Income Tax supposed to be a temporary tax for WWI? You Big Weirdo So, the state legislature is fine with raising regressive sales taxes and property taxes and such, but does not have the spine to progressively tax the rich? The Democrats ...

A bill in Olympia would prohibit counties from expanding urban growth on land that sees river flooding, which could affect future city planning near the Nooksack River.

Heather MacKean is a nationally known painter who doesn't sign her work. She has lived in Whatcom County the past seven years for her current job, but will quietly move away for her next project.

The motorcyclist killed in a crash on the 3300 block of South Bay Drive Tuesday evening, April 7, has been indentified as 44-year-old Matthew Jones of Everson.

People in two small Whatcom County towns may get the chance to reinvent themselves.

If there remained any doubts that spring hasn't arrived in Whatcom County, then surely they must have vanished on the sunny afternoon of Saturday, April 4 - the first day of the Bellingham Farmers Market.