On this year’s ballot, Whatcom County voters will see 12 amendments to the county charter, the local constitution that guides operations and structure in county government.

It’s not uncommon for fantasy novels (romantasy or otherwise) to act as metaphors for real-life society. Hawley said this allows readers to “get lost in a world, but then explore themes that matter to ...

Masses fled the storm, attempting to stay ahead of the destruction. Among them was Ernest Battle, who now owns Ferndale Cajun ...

Bellingham was one of more than 2,600 protests across the nation in the second “No Kings” protest of 2025. The largely peaceful protests were in response to decisions made by the Trump administration ...

While the “No Kings” movement has been criticized by conservative politicians, pundits and media for the coordinated anti-Trump protests, Healy argues Puppets de Resistance is nonpartisan in nature.

Whatcom County is a hazard-prone community: The county was involved in 10 presidentially declared disasters, including the pandemic, between 2014 and 2024.

No evidence exists of the Washington State Department of Licensing auto-registering noncitizens to receive a ballot to vote in the election. In fact, there’s no evidence over the years of significant ...

Four years ago, we launched an exciting new venture for Northwest Washington: A locally owned and independent daily news enterprise, the Cascadia Daily News. With this effort, we aimed to fill a news ...

John Purdie sees parallels between his Catholic faith and five-year tenure as Mount Baker Theatre’s executive director. For him, theaters are akin to churches — and Mount Baker, specifically, is like ...

Twenty-two people are vying for Whatcom County school board seats this November. Candidates across the seven school districts are pledging to improve budgeting transparency, preserve extracurriculars ...

A citizen-led initiative in Bellingham, if approved, would prohibit landlords from interfering with tenants engaged in protected activities.

“We are in the early stages of critical failure due to lack of funding,” Troy Suing, director of capital program development and management for Washington State Department of Transportation, told a ...