Skagit County has modified its complete burn ban to allow recreational fires in unincorporated areas of the county starting Tuesday, Sept. 1, due to increased moisture levels.

A Whatcom County judge sentenced a 38-year-old man to 17 years in prison on Tuesday, Sept. 1, for killing a retired Western Washington University dance professor in 2024.

Family Care Network, the Bellingham-based provider of primary and urgent care throughout Whatcom and Skagit counties, is acquiring Optum’s Bellingham clinic. The acquisition and transition are ...

He also wants to expand the district’s Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) programming for high school students, and ...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — A new facility off State Route 20 in Sedro-Woolley is bringing online dozens of inpatient beds for acute mental health treatment and substance use detox. The Skagit Stabilization, ...

Judge Kathryn Loring ruled in January that Skagit County was charging too much for ferry rides after a group of islanders ...

The T-Mobile store at 1315 W. Bakerview Road in Bellingham will likely close this fall, while employees at the Bellingham ...

The Northwest Conference will have new athletes, coaches and a 17th team joining for the 2026–27 season with the addition of Sultan High from rural south-central Snohomish County.

The Lynden Christian girls soccer team returns four seniors after losing in the 1A state quarterfinals last fall. The Lyncs’ defense will be led by senior center back Grace Russell, who is ready to ...

The woodcarver from Shirley, B.C., has spent the past 36 years trying to protect old-growth trees. He describes the groves with 1,000-year-old specimens as refugia for rainforest ecosystems lost to ...

The ACLU of Washington filed its intent to sue the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, July 28, on behalf of a family held for nearly a month at the Blaine Border Patrol Station in 2025. The ...

Northwest Indian College has bought a property on Lummi Island to serve as an educational center.