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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
What seemed like another ordinary run for the 81-year-old runner ended with a celebration with family and friends. Pearson broke the world record for most consecutive days running at least a mile with ...
Housing is a basic human need, yet Bellingham is the fourth-most unaffordable housing market in the nation. That demands change, not more of the same. We need zoning reform to allow smaller, more ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.