On May 20, California resident Xiaobin Zhou, 55, was arrested by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of scamming ...

Zeferino, 25, has been held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma since he was detained by ICE on his way to work ...

PeaceHealth has released its 2025-2028 Community Health Needs Assessments for its nine medical centers in the Pacific ...

It’s the first time in 15 years that the expansion resolution has made it back to the ballot. The last time Whatcom County voters voted to expand the commission membership from three commissioners to ...

Capacity at the existing jail is 362 people, including 150 at the work center. The need for space is likely to increase in coming decades.

With primary Election Day quickly approaching on Aug. 5, some of the more popular races already feature heavy campaign fundraising or a chance to revisit projects meant to be completed years ago. As ...

Bellingham and Whatcom County residents could be seeing the first wildfire smoke of summer Monday night as most of Washington ...

When The Way Station opened in November 2024, it aimed to meet a basic but urgent need in Whatcom County: access to hygiene services, health care, and medical respite for people experiencing ...

▪ Nighttime lane closures: Southbound I-5 lane closures are allowed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly, Sundays through Friday ...

Nine county-specific projects across Washington will receive funding from the state Recreation and Conservation Funding Board ...

F ares for the Lummi Island ferry will be rising sharply because of increased costs, under an order from Whatcom County ...

So far, 2024 could see the highest number of deaths of homeless people in Whatcom County. Local outreach workers are trying to change that.