TACOMA – In a quick immigration hearing Monday, a judge announced Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, a prominent Northwest ...

The Blaine School Board has reversed course on a plan to merge its primary and elementary schools in the fall by voting to implement a one-year pause on the plan.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Whatcom and Skagit counties, starting noon on Tuesday, July 15, and ending at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16. High temperatures are expected in ...

Two years after Mount Baker School District started receiving additional oversight from the state due to its budget challenges, the district is on track to meet all the conditions set out by the state ...

Washington state instated a law Jan. 1 requiring boaters to stay at least 1,000 feet away from orcas. The authors urge the ...

Disco Duck will be placed in a new location on port property every three months, and community members can find it using clue sheets around town, including at Mallard Ice Cream, which is “creating a ...

July 16 is when the voting center opens, ballot packets are mailed and drop boxes open in Whatcom County. July 18 is the deadline for county election offices to mail out ballots and the start of an 18 ...

Whatcom County and its larger cities will receive $198,407 if they sign on to the latest multi-state opioid settlement with eight drug manufacturers.

The trattoria at Mercato delle Bontà is open 4–9 p.m. Wednesday–Saturday at 1211 Granary Ave. Info: mercatobellingham.com.

Data released late Wednesday by the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction estimates that local schools ...

Hundreds of thousands of people could lose coverage. Hospitals could close. State could lose billions in funding ...

As it stands now, the county’s plan for the first phase of the Annex project is to construct one building, the shell of another and prepare the site of the third building for development. County ...