Several Bellingham businesses will be closed Friday, Jan. 30 as part of a nationwide shutdown to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the wake of the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee ...

Whatcom and Skagit bowling teams finished district championships with three district titles and 25 girls heading to state on Feb. 9–10 at Bowlero in Tukwila.

Mount Baker Highway will close east of Glacier at 6 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2 for five days for emergency repairs at O’Keefe Creek.

BURLINGTON — The Battle of the Bridge rivalry was reunited for another year as the Mount Vernon Bulldogs faced the Burlington-Edison Tigers at Burlington-Edison High on Wednesday, Jan. 28. The girls ...

In the last 12 months, Western Washington University has weathered slashes to state funding, deep cuts to staff, an investigation launched by the Department of Justice and the Trump administration’s ...

The Bay to Baker Trail is more of a concept than a reality — it comprises disconnected pieces of pathway within Bellingham city limits and between Maple Falls and Glacier. The rest of the proposed ...

Yet the digital revolution ushered in new avenues for Gibson’s work, namely within infrared photography. Converted infrared cameras capture light beyond the visible spectrum, bathing images in an ...

Did you know that Western has an annual Composition Commission Competition? This year’s winner is Amara Farah, a 2025 graduate who is currently earning a master’s in orchestral conducting at Boston ...

Whatcom County inadequately filled an unknown number of public records requests between September and early January, due to an email archiver glitch.

The Planning Commission vote was 5-3 in favor of recommending the code, with Commissioner Joe Woodmansee absent. The planning officials made modifications to the proposal, including removing a ...

Local governments and health care providers say childhood vaccines remain safe and are encouraged despite the federal government’s latest slash to recommended vaccines.

John Wesselink, known by many in Bellingham as the tree man or, before that, as the Columbia neighborhood’s friendly mailman, died on Jan. 16. One of his legacies is a public repository of more than ...