President Donald Trump’s administration is looking “very strongly” at reclassifying cannabis from the strictest category of controlled substances, Trump said Monday. In a brief affirmative response to ...

An independent study that looks at the feasibility of Birch Bay becoming its own city has found that the model may not pencil out without increased revenue. But the group of Birch Bay community ...

Where: Fort Ebey State Park is located at 400 Hill Valley Drive, Coupeville. The Ebey National Historical Reserve is at 162 Cemetery Road, Coupeville. From Whatcom County, take I-5 south to State ...

Homes, city facilities, school districts and roads across Whatcom and Skagit counties sustained damage in last week’s record-setting floods. From an estimated $2 million to $3 million worth of damage ...

Parts of U.S. 2, an important road cutting across Washington’s Cascade mountains, will likely remain closed for months due to flood and slide damage, Gov. Bob Ferguson and the state’s top ...

Voters overwhelmingly approved expanding the Port of Bellingham Board of Commissioners from three seats to five seats. The new map — which largely reflects the Whatcom County Council District map — ...

With up to another inch of rain set to fall Tuesday overnight into Wednesday as part of a frontal system moving into the region, rivers that broke records last week are set to return to major flooding ...

Skagit County residents will see a 3% increase in the general solid waste rate starting Jan. 1. The hike is in line with a rate schedule established based on a 2024 study. A county news release noted ...

Vizcarra said there’s been a notable need for aid applications in Spanish. She and a handful of volunteer interpreters have handled the majority of those applications, with Vizcarra herself processing ...

They’ve got a show at Aslan Depot on Friday, Dec. 26, which should make for a perfect post-Christmas excuse to get out of the house. The Walrus is one of the best-loved cover bands around here, with a ...

Colston runs the Adult Co-ed Bellingham Flag Football group, which typically plays on the fourth Saturday of each month. Colston made it co-ed so it could be open for all members of the Bellingham ...

Greenhouse Home+Life has relocated to a restored historic building, with owner Bre Green overseeing the transformation of the 1922 structure. The project involved removing vinyl siding to reveal the ...