Herrera Beutler and Upthegrove represent conflicting ideas about the future of management for the state’s trust lands, with ...

County unemployment stands at 5% A typical spring of lower unemployment rates is over in Whatcom and Skagit counties. New ...

A union representing nearly 5,000 state government and community college employees in Washington has overwhelmingly rejected a new two-year contract, puttin ...

Bellingham City Council is considering actions to prevent or limit landlords from charging tenants excessive or unfair fees, ...

A 41-year-old man is recovering after being shot during a drive-by shooting near Skagit Valley College Monday afternoon, Sept ...

Whatcom County’s first Chick-fil-A is one step closer to becoming reality. On Sept. 6, the City of Bellingham approved the chain’s permit request to build a new restaurant at 4030 Cordata Parkway.

An estimated 25,000 to 50,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Lake Whatcom Wednesday, Sept. 11, after a contractor struck an underground sewer line as part of the Electric Avenue bridge repair project.

Ferndale senior Katie Manly is a three-time state cross country competitor. “It’s a really cool experience because there were ...

Borage, though an annual plant, is wildly successful at self-seeding. Many volunteer borage plants have popped up in my yard ...

Bellingham resident Katie Grainger, who has been personally impacted by cancer, was one of more than 750 advocates who traveled to Washington, D.C., in mid-September as part of the annual American ...

For the first time in 12 years, Gov. Jay Inslee will not be heading back to the governor’s mansion. Instead, Washingtonians ...

Longtime Whatcom County residents might remember visiting the “bat caves,” a location in the Chuckanut Mountains so named for ...