Hanowell was 23 years old and living in Oregon on Jan. 7, 1997, when his mother, Clare Doerksen, called and said police told ...

A PeaceHealth union preparing to strike starting May 12 is asking for community support through a hardship fund to help ...

If a person wants to claim remains after Skagit County has covered the cost of cremation, they have to reimburse the county, a fee that’s between $600 and $850. Private cremation without a service ...

The Port of Bellingham and Irish company Harcourt Development are breaking up after 10 years of grandiose ideas, broken promises and four buildings, two of which remain unfinished. Colloquially ...

A planned social services campus on Orcas Island got a $5 million allocation in the Washington state Legislature’s budget.

It’s a 27,000-mile expedition, building off a trip Captain Mark Schrader did in 2009-10 — all in the name of science and ...

The City of Bellingham is rolling out a new Community Streets Program to learn where residents see high traffic speeds, bad ...

Spring is a great time to get started introducing native plants into your yard. Never dig native plants from the wild to ...

A Whatcom County Jail contracted employee was arrested Wednesday, April 30 after allegedly helping sneak contraband items, ...

Thirty-nine states, including Washington, eight Canadian provinces, and Mexico, permit bobcat hunting. California lawmakers ...

A team of current and former City of Bellingham employees will hit the Ski to Sea course for the 12th year in a row, ...

With a decade-old plan to remake Bellingham’s central waterfront far from complete, Ireland-based developer Harcourt would ...