BURLINGTON — The Battle of the Bridge rivalry was reunited for another year as the Mount Vernon Bulldogs faced the Burlington-Edison Tigers at Burlington-Edison High on Wednesday, Jan. 28. The girls ...

In the last 12 months, Western Washington University has weathered slashes to state funding, deep cuts to staff, an investigation launched by the Department of Justice and the Trump administration’s ...

The Bay to Baker Trail is more of a concept than a reality — it comprises disconnected pieces of pathway within Bellingham city limits and between Maple Falls and Glacier. The rest of the proposed ...

Yet the digital revolution ushered in new avenues for Gibson’s work, namely within infrared photography. Converted infrared cameras capture light beyond the visible spectrum, bathing images in an ...

Did you know that Western has an annual Composition Commission Competition? This year’s winner is Amara Farah, a 2025 graduate who is currently earning a master’s in orchestral conducting at Boston ...

Local governments and health care providers say childhood vaccines remain safe and are encouraged despite the federal government’s latest slash to recommended vaccines.

Whatcom County inadequately filled an unknown number of public records requests between September and early January, due to an email archiver glitch.

The Planning Commission vote was 5-3 in favor of recommending the code, with Commissioner Joe Woodmansee absent. The planning officials made modifications to the proposal, including removing a ...

John Wesselink, known by many in Bellingham as the tree man or, before that, as the Columbia neighborhood’s friendly mailman, died on Jan. 16. One of his legacies is a public repository of more than ...

County council voted 6-1 Tuesday, Jan. 27 to recommend the construction of a behavioral health center on Division Street accessible to those out of jail custody, including people not justice-involved.

PeaceHealth’s multiple acres of properties on either side of E Chestnut Street and along Jersey Street have appraised values of multiple millions of dollars, according to the Whatcom County Assessor & ...

Whatcom County has found a bargain solution to its facility needs: shelling out $8 million for an office building near Sehome Village owned by Western Washington University. That’s nearly eight times ...