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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Navy released the final amended analysis last month for the Environmental Impact Statement on EA-18G Growler aircraft operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. According to those impacted in ...

Ed.: This article was originally published by KNKX Public Radio on Jan. 5, 2025, and is posted here under a Creative Commons License. [Updated Jan. 13, 2026] The City of Bellingham is launching an ...