Housing issues were top of mind for candidates, all of them running for the first time in Mount Vernon. A city needs assessment released last year found nearly 2,000 households in Mount Vernon spend ...

Where: The Chuckanut Mountains in Whatcom County. From Fairhaven, travel south on Old Fairhaven Parkway to 30th Street. Take a left and after a mile, turn left onto Old Samish Road. Drive 1.3 miles to ...

Owen Racer’s reporting on U.S. Marine Corps veteran Sean Libby’s battle for recognition of his burn pit-related kidney failure ( CDN, Oct. 11, 2025) laid bare a truth many would rather ignore. Our ...

Western Washington University President Sabah Randhawa’s contract will run until to July 31, 2028, after a two-year contract extension was approved by Western’s Board of Trustees last Friday.

Police responded to a shots fired call around 11:50 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, near West Horton Road and Meridian Street, said Claudia Murphy, a patrol division lieutenant with Bellingham police.

Now, the Lake Whatcom partners, working with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and consulting group Four Peaks Environmental, have crafted a rapid response plan in case invasive mussels are ...

Sehome’s Harley Kaiser won his first district tennis title after falling short last season. Kaiser won the district title over Bellingham’s Leo Kuhn 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Monday afternoon.

JESSE’S PICKS Jeffrey Foucault 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28 New Prospect Theatre, 207 Prospect St. Jeffrey Foucault is the epitome of the road-hardened troubadour. For 20-plus years, ...