After about a dozen collisions in the last 15 years, Mount Baker School District parents are asking for a change to an intersection adjacent to the district’s main campus.

Then my daughter gave me another pickup stick. My husband started carrying it and he was picking up stuff and I was carrying the bag so he could put it in the bag. And it just went on from there. And ...

State Department of Transportation crews are still repairing State Route 530 in east Skagit County, around 8 miles south of Rockport, after the December 2025 floods seriously damaged the road.

On the first and third Sunday of every month, Bellingham’s Chris Jerome wakes up early to set sail on Lake Padden. He doesn’t use a full-size sailboat, but a miniature radio-controlled one.

The fortunes of east Whatcom County rise and fall with Mt. Baker Ski Area. That relationship was tested in December with a delayed opening, road damage and some unusual skier visitation patterns.

Nooksack Valley at King’s, 7 p.m. Blaine at Lynden Christian, 7:15 p.m. Sehome at Oak Harbor, 7:15 p.m. Sedro-Woolley at Lakewood, 7:15 p.m.

But if you have a keen interest in environmental science and/or community theater, get your tickets sooner rather than later. “Biosphere” has performances at the FireHouse through Jan. 25. Info: ...

EVERETT — Squalicum, Ferndale, Monroe and Jackson girls flag football teams competed in the second annual Seattle Seahawks Girls Flag Takeover on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at Everett Memorial Stadium.

Beyond my own survival, I want to shine a light on a bolder vision: Whatcom County’s “moonshot” to eliminate the kidney transplant waiting list by 2030, a dream inspired by retired Whatcom County ...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a St. Paul Democrat, called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who filmed herself observing ICE actions in Minneapolis on Tuesday, to immediately stop the ICE ...

American comedian/actor John Mulaney compared the Donald Trump presidency to a horse that has broken loose inside a hospital: “It’s never happened before. No one knows what the horse is gonna do next, ...

A 27-year-old Bellingham man is in a Seattle hospital with serious injuries, while a 24-year-old Mount Vernon man faces vehicular assault charges after a late-night crash in Burlington on Jan. 7.