I urge a reconsideration of the city’s current practice of blowing and removing fallen leaves from public spaces. While I understand this is done with the intention of a “tidy” look, allowing leaves ...

Former Squalicum High standout Damek Mitchell will now lead the Whatcom Community College men’s basketball team as it prepares for its season opener against Highline on Friday, Nov. 14.

Anacortes opens the state tournament against Steilacoom, which comes in with an impressive 8-2 record. Steilacoom’s two losses came to teams currently in the state tournament (Orting and Franklin ...

Where: 9261 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine. Take I-5 to exit 274. Go right on Peace Portal Drive and then quickly make a left onto SR 548. In a mile, turn right on Drayton Road. Go almost 1 mile to bear ...

Much of the now publicly-owned forestland reflects a legacy of extensive logging and road building, with homogenous stands between 40 and 90 years old and steep, unstable roadcuts. The end goal, ...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — After two years of heated public comment periods, the Sedro-Woolley School Board is trying to lower the temperature.

The current total sales tax rate in Skagit County is 8.2% or 8.6%, depending on whether a business is within the public transportation benefit area. The majority of those taxes, 6.5%, are collected by ...

A female detective with the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is alleging a decade of workplace discrimination, retaliation and hostility, including the circulation among co-workers of a sexual ...

However, north of Bellingham, voters in Lynden resoundingly rejected the district’s request for a bond to build a new high ...

Gifts of Music NW is a relatively new nonprofit here in Bellingham dedicated to bringing music lessons and instruments to folks who might not otherwise have access, as a vessel for spreading ...

But this season challenges me: to sit still, to be alone with my thoughts, to enjoy my own company. Clouds bask in the ...

With 75,850 votes counted in Whatcom County on Nov. 6, incumbents Hollie Huthman, Edwin “Skip” Williams and Michael ...