Three emergency lights filled the darkness in Sheryl Russell’s condominium as 32 mph winds whipped through downtown Bellingham on Jan. 11 — one of the coldest nights of the year. People in the ...

County, state and federal officials crowded into the Way Station on Tuesday, Oct. 8 to celebrate the completion of the new health and hygiene center for homeless people in Whatcom County. Huddling ...

The City of Bellingham will begin the first phase of cleaning up a large homeless encampment behind the Bellingham Walmart next week, promising a “people-centered approach.” Up to 150 people were ...

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Northbound I-5 near Lakeway Drive and Iowa Street was shut down for nearly 9 hours Wednesday into early Thursday morning, Sept. 5 after two crashes shut down all lanes of traffic. The collisions, one ...

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.

Former Whatcom County Council member Kathy Kershner confirmed this week that she wrote a glowing letter of reference for a former county public works director accused of sexual harassment and ...

Members of the Immigration Advisory Board (IAB) at a Tuesday, Jan. 16 meeting pushed back on a proposal from Bellingham officials to suspend their activities temporarily, asserting their importance to ...

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A Canadian company’s proposal to help the U.S. get greener by producing clean hydrogen at the former Intalco Aluminum site near Ferndale faces two significant checkpoints before this fall’s U.S.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed along Portal Way north of Custer resulting in road closures Wednesday morning between Valley View and Arnie Road. The roads will be closed all day and ...

With overdose deaths climbing in Whatcom County, Executive Satpal Sidhu announced a suite of actions to battle the fentanyl crisis on multiple fronts. Through an executive order signed on Wednesday, ...