Community Court is the result of a multi-year effort to establish a problem-solving court for people facing nonviolent misdemeanor charges. Rather than punish someone for a drug infraction or driving ...

Western Washington University fans will see 23 new faces on Harrington Field for the men’s and women’s soccer teams this season. The overhaul of players included 12 new players on the men’s team and ...

If the news cycle has ever given you the urge to throw your phone out the window of a moving car, you will find a kindred spirit in Rhys Kinnick, the protagonist of Spokane author Jess Walter’s ...

There are currently 484 housing units in Barkley Village, mostly apartments. Nearly half the housing is subsidized for low-income residents. The area’s old regulations allowed only around 1,100 more ...

This month, Whatcom County lost a woman who changed the course of local history. Shirley Van Zanten, a groundbreaking public servant for nearly two decades and a champion for conservation, faith and ...

In Bellingham, shoppers currently see a total sales tax rate of 9%, which includes a 6.5% state tax; a 0.6% Whatcom Transportation Authority tax; a 0.3% county public safety tax and a 0.1% county ...

Overdoses are down nationwide and locally, which Whatcom County EMS Administrator Mike Hilley partly attributes to the widespread adoption of Narcan, or naloxone. The treatment is so widely available ...

The grassy lot along the Birch Bay waterfront has been sitting empty for years. A sign facing the street reads: Birch Bay Beach Park. But there’s little else that shows it’s a public recreation area, ...

Police responded around 10:04 a.m. to the 800 block of Alabama Street for a crash report, according to a post made on social ...

The Whatcom Prep 14U baseball team, consisting of local eighth graders, placed 11th out of 15 teams at the annual Babe Ruth World Series, Aug. 8–16 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

The right lane of northbound Interstate 5 was cleared around 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, after a semi-truck became lodged on top of a barrier in a project zone near Nulle Road (milepost 246) on Friday ...

The lower Padden Creek Trail between 10th Street/Donovan Avenue and 6th Street remains closed and will reopen once cleanup ...