Lynden News

A Republican organizer sent this email on Friday, July 18, inviting people to a fundaiser for state House candidate Luanne Van Werven.

For the past four years, Republicans have held all three state seats in the district representing north Bellingham, rural Whatcom County and the small cities.

Janet Oakley of Bellingham wrote the first chaper of "Echoes of War: Mystery of the missing Confederate treasure in Whatcom County."

Loretta Wright On July 26, Loretta Wright, The Aging Sensation, will turn 90. She will celebrate this remarkable milestone with family on Saturday, August 2, at Semiahmoo Resort.

Drivers are advised to take alternate routes Monday, July 21, through Thursday, July 24, when crews chip seal several Whatcom County roads.

In the mid-1970s, the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce was the de-facto governing body of a growing suburbia in the midst of an economic boom.

Whatcom County has a Public Utility District, commonly known as a PUD. The PUD is a county-wide government entity, a municipal corporation, with taxing power and a charter to perform a variety of roles and functions, such as providing water and electricity as a non-profit utility company.

From left to right, Tilly May, 4, Carrington Balback, 4, Ruby May, 8, Wesley Balback, 2, and Ayn Balback try out the raspberry sundae's Friday, July 18, 2014 at the The Northwest Raspberry Festival in downtown Lynden.

One of the historic clocks on display at the Lynden Pioneer Museum Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at the Lynden Pioneer Museum.

Sen. Ericksen went to bat in Olympia to save the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden, and so I am going to bat for him in this reelection.

Workers from Clark Berries prepare to harvest raspberries in a field on Birch Bay-Lynden Road west of Lynden, Friday morning, July 11, 2014.

I'm Satpal Sidhu, and I am running to be your new voice in Olympia. I come from a farming family and have lived in Lynden for past 28 years.

Author Aminta Arrington will visit Lynden Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, and Ferndale Library at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20. Arrington has written "Home is a Roof Over a Pig: An American Family's Journey in China," a candid and lively memoir about family, adoption, and belonging.

I decided to run for state representative because I think that my experience, service and leadership opportunities have prepared me to be an effective legislator.

Troy Luginbill, right, shows Lynden Pioneer Museum volunteers Robert Boice, left, and Rich Abbe, center, historic clockwork exhibit Wendesday, July 9, 2014 at the Lynden Pioneer Museum.The Lynden Pioneer Museum is hosting a exhibit on historic clockworks from West Coast Clock and Watch Museum through Sept.

Whatcom Horticultural Society presents its annual self-guided tour of six Bellingham gardens, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 12 and 13, 2014.

Charging papers allege Adrian Henry Butler, of Marysville, invited the middle-school-aged boy into his trailer last month during a power-pulling competition at Berthusen Park.

"We are opening tomorrow at 4:20 p.m. We'll be open 'til midnight. We'll let our customers sleep in," said Aaron Nelson, senior vice president of operations for 2020 Solutions.

Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail.

I believe Luanne Van Werven is the most qualified to fill the post for the open state house seat in the 42nd District.