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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bernadette has been asked to evaluate a mute adolescent girl who was discovered, naked and snarling, by two off-duty guards near the woods beyond the prison. Bernadette studies language acquisition ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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, ...

Across Skagit County, a host of small cities are seeing contested races for city council. Here are the candidates in those races. Jump to: Joe Burns and Karl de Jong are set for a rematch in the race ...

When the U.S. Department of Education announced the elimination of Title VI grant funding in September, the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University took a 70% hit to its ...

Incumbent council member Michael Lilliquist, a proven public servant with a track record demonstrating that range, has earned reelection in a Bellingham City Council race against former local ...