Lopez High School senior Sophie Citro stands silhouetted against a light outside of the school. Her eyes are fixed on an ...

Over the last 40 years, Islands’ Oil Spill Association has responded to almost 1,000 marine oil pollution incidents in and ...

In the coming months the Marine Life Center — a Port of Bellingham-run facility at 1801 Roeder Avenue — will undergo ...

December 2025’s record rainfall in Northwest Washington left low-income and mobile-home communities especially vulnerable, with many losing their homes, possessions and sense of security.

Commentary: The legislative process is far from perfect, but there are some key threads in successful and meaningful policy.

Currently, the combined capacity of the Whatcom County Jail and the Interim Work Center is 359. Calls for a new jail have ...

Plans show the trail stretching from the town of Friday Harbor into rural San Juan Island. The new segment of trail would connect the John O. Linde Community Park in Friday Harbor to the Beaverton ...

Whatcom County Council member Ben Elenbaas proposed six amendments to the economic section of the comprehensive plan in hopes of making a decades-long process quicker. The Nooksack River rose and ...

Commentary: This legislative session, lawmakers should fund a system that reflects the real cost of operating schools in 2026, not 2018. Ed.: The essays, analyses and opinions presented as Community ...

The potential loss of the Search and Rescue equipment facility has brought greater communication between the county and the nonprofit. While the future of Whatcom County Search and Rescue’s equipment ...

Commentary: ‘Our responsibility now is to honor that effort with self-sufficiency and strength, especially in times that demand both.’ Ed.: The essays, analyses and opinions presented as Community ...