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 ...

Across the board, housing and food affordability are among the community’s leading health concerns, according to PeaceHealth’s 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment, an outlook for the next three ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

Community support has been key in keeping hospice services locally run. Recent statistics indicate overdosed-related dispatch calls, emergency room visits and deaths have decreased from 2023 and 2024 ...

Visiting the Puget Sound area can mean so many things, from planning a trip to Seattle to kayaking in Bellingham and Whatcom ...

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 ...

The victim and her family were present at Moreau’s sentencing in Whatcom County Superior Court. Both she and her mother ...