December 2025’s record rainfall in Northwest Washington left low-income and mobile-home communities especially vulnerable, with many losing their homes, possessions and sense of security.

In the coming months the Marine Life Center — a Port of Bellingham-run facility at 1801 Roeder Avenue — will undergo ...

Commentary: This legislative session, lawmakers should fund a system that reflects the real cost of operating schools in 2026 ...

Plans show the trail stretching from the town of Friday Harbor into rural San Juan Island. The new segment of trail would ...

Commentary: ‘Our responsibility now is to honor that effort with self-sufficiency and strength, especially in times that demand both.’ ...

Port of Bellingham Commissioner Michael Shepard and Blaine School Board director Erika Creydt recently announced runs for the 42nd Legislative District Senate seat.

The potential loss of the Search and Rescue equipment facility has brought greater communication between the county and the ...

Commentary: The legislative process is far from perfect, but there are some key threads in successful and meaningful policy.

Commentary: This legislative session, lawmakers should fund a system that reflects the real cost of operating schools in 2026, not 2018.

Events spanning several years converged when a leak spilling more than a quarter million gallons of gasoline and resulting explosion and fire wreaked disaster along Whatcom Creek. It was the beginning ...

Nearly a year after Alcoa Corporation announced an agreement to sell its closed Intalco Works aluminum smelter to a Canadian energy company, the prospective buyer continues to hold its cards close to ...

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