Progress to expand indoor recreation opportunities in Bellingham has proven to be slow, but steady.

Bellingham Mayor Kim Lund read a proclamation that declared Dec. 21 as a day of observation and mourning for those who died of homelessness. Local musician Veronica West sang at the event.

Whatcom Events purchased the Bellingham Traverse multisport relay race from Pacific Multisports in November and will begin hosting the event in 2026.

In the 200-yard freestyle, Squalicum’s Gus Mayer touched the wall first in 2:21.64. Blaine’s Pax Shields, who swims with Squalicum’s program, finished second and Sedro-Woolley’s A.J. Churchill was ...

Christmas isn’t the only celebration the Women’s Club takes responsibility for. Members put together more than 70 May Day baskets every year, and in 2019, the Women’s Club spearheaded a massive ...

The gender identity participation amendment, submitted by Lynden School District, Blaine School District, Lynden Christian School and nine other districts around the state, is a repeat of an amendment ...

The Bellingham conservationist channeled his passion for stream restoration into his work with the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, a regional fisheries enhancement group that McRory helped ...

Around 350 community members affected by the historic floods showed up at the Sumas Christian Reformed Church Saturday morning, Dec. 21 to fill a sack with donated toys, clothes and everyday ...

Even though the Skagit River at Mount Vernon crested somewhat lower than anticipated at around 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 12 and many residents of the 100-year-floodplain avoided the worst case scenario, ...

Barry and his wife, Ruth, fled Seattle for the beauty of East County about 45 years ago, to live off the land and homestead along the Noosack River. They operated off-the-grid in the 1975 log cabin ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson met Whatcom County leaders on Wednesday, Dec. 17, and toured parts of Sumas, Everson and Nooksack, devastated by recent flooding. “It’s pretty sobering to see the impacts in that ...

CDN asked many of these questions of emergency officials in 2022, with a Special Report on the state of Whatcom County flood recovery a year after the last devastating floods, in late 2021.