Nonprofit thrift shop in Bellingham leaves Assistance League network. The Assistance League of Bellingham, which runs the Thrift & Gift Shop in Meridian, is transitioning away fro ...

A mother and three children with a scheduled date in June to self-deport were detained by immigration agents in Ferndale on the morning of Thursday, May 28, the woman’s lawyer said. The woman, who is ...

High school students from across Bellingham put robots they built in class to the test on Thursday, as part of the district’s first cross-high school robotics competition since 2019. Inside Squalicum ...

A Bellingham Public Schools task force has recommended the district close two elementary schools to adjust for declining enrollment. Carl Cozier Elementary and Columbia Elementary were tapped to be ...

Whatcom County prosecutors charged a 37-year-old Bellingham man with third-degree rape on May 20. The man is suspected of sexually assaulting a child while both were patients at PeaceHealth St. Joseph ...

Meridian School Board does not yet have a new District 4 school board member, after the board declined to appoint the sole applicant for the position at Wednesday night’s meeting. There’s been a ...

Sedro-Woolley’s Arts Commission will shutter for at least six months following a 4-2 city council vote on Wednesday, May 27. The volunteer body, which advises the city “on matters of aesthetic and ...

Gates was directed to cover the news of former executive editor Ron Judd’s termination, as we believe this news is important to our community, and therefore should be covered by our newspaper. To ...

The resolution comes after community activists raised concerns about DHS activities at Bellingham International Airport ...

Thousands of students will receive their diplomas next month. Here’s a guide to this year’s graduation ceremonies for high schools and colleges in Whatcom and Skagit. 10 a.m. — Sehome High School at ...

LYNDEN — Whatcom County’s only specialty soccer store began 30 years ago with a simple request in a Western Washington University geography class. A fellow student asked Drew Smiley if he could get ...

The Bellingham Scottish Gathering is as close to the United Kingdom as you can get without blowing your savings on a plane ticket. Event organizers say Blaine’s Marine Park “mirrors Scotland’s ...