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Outdoors
1 week ago
Prescribed burns planned near North Cascades wildfire areas

Debris piles may cause air quality to drop near Ross Lake and Stehekin.

Government
2 weeks ago
Blaine reaches agreement with Whatcom County over de-annexation

Blaine will chip in for a county-managed project to repair H Street Road following the city’s boundary change.

Business
2 weeks ago
Two Whatcom County areas nominated for development incentives

Bellingham’s waterfront and Lummi Nation’s Salish Village are both being targeted for growth.

Business
2 weeks ago
Seattle crypto company ordered to shut down kiosks as part of lawsuit

The company has over a dozen kiosks in Whatcom and Skagit counties.

Local
2 weeks ago
Protests take place at Arne Hanna during CBP training

While the federal agency canceled their training for the pool, the agents did use the field on the athletic complex’s campus.

Lifestyle
2 weeks ago
Public survey opens for high-speed rail through PNW

The proposed rail would travel up to 250 mph to provide hour-long trips from Seattle to either Vancouver, B.C., or Portland.

Government
2 weeks ago
Bellingham Mayor Kim Lund outlines city’s response to federal directives, including immigration

Lund also announced that CBP has pulled out of a planned training at Arne Hanna Aquatic Center.

Local
2 weeks ago
Why should you prepare to Drop, Cover and Hold On? | Contributed

Many of us are not prepared for the consequences of another serious earthquake.

Local
2 weeks ago
Ferries restart service Tuesday after near statewide outage

Gov. Bob Ferguson had told ferry officials he wanted the system back up and running by Tuesday morning.

Government
2 weeks ago
Bellingham to hold public hearing for proposed regional fire authority

The RFA has to be approved by voters and could increase property taxes by up to $1 per $1,000 of assessed value.