Guemes Island residents have been disturbed in the past week to discover what appear to be a dozen skinned canine carcasses washed up on the shores of the small Skagit County community. “It’s a creepy ...

Starla’s opened in 2024 as a natural wine bar, and rolled out its pizza menu in February 2025. In January of this year, co-owner Jordan Koplowitz was announced as one of 20 semifinalists for the Best ...

That means crews of pilots and flight attendants who are permanently assigned to Bellingham will no longer start and end their work assignments at the airport. More than 100 Allegiant employees, ...

As anxiety ripples through Bellingham Public Schools regarding potential elementary school closures, Superintendent Greg Baker announced Tuesday night that any closures would happen in 2027 at the ...

For beginners, visiting ski slopes can be disorienting. For beginners who aren’t white, barriers increase: historically, these are predominantly white sports. Snowsports Industries America reported ...

This is in response to Don Alper’s letter to the editor on March 24, regarding the Northern Deanery Catholic High School. His ...

Brownell will aim to finish his senior season with a third state title and hopefully play in college after a two-year religious mission. But he and the coaches are careful not to let the pressure rise ...

Skagit 911 isn’t the only dispatch agency that has moved toward encrypting its radio communications and scanners. Jurisdictions in Indiana, Colorado, California, Nevada and South Dakota encrypted ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday, March 30, signed into law new guardrails for the use of automated license plate readers, amid concerns federal immigration authorities are tapping them to aid ...

Kukutali is the Coast Salish Lushootseed word for “place of the cattail mats,” which were used as temporary shelter for seasonal hunting, fishing and shellfish gathering by the Swinomish and Upper ...

Chuckanut Drive, State Route 11, has reopened Tuesday afternoon after a crash blocked one lane, according to the Washington state Department of Transportation. The crash happened just after 4 p.m.

You can now securely store your bike at Bellingham International Airport and Fairhaven transit station. The Port of Bellingham installed new bike lockers at the two transit hubs.  The lockers can be ...