Bellingham christens new Pierce Enforcer fire engine with a centuries-old community tradition
About 100 community members, city officials, firefighters and former firefighters leaned into the new Engine 2 and rolled the ...
Bellingham breweries claim several Washington Beer Awards, including Small Brewery of the Year
The Washington Beer Awards also recognizes Very Small Brewery of the Year, Small Brewery of the Year, Mid-Sized Brewery of ...
Western WA ski resort ranked one of the most affordable in America. Here’s where and why
Major U.S. ski resorts were ranked by lift and rental prices, and Mt. Baker Ski Resort ranked the second-cheapest.
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A suspicious envelope prompted an evacuation at a Capitol Campus building Tuesday
Authorities partially evacuated a Capitol Campus building on Tuesday after someone found an envelope with a suspicious white ...
Endangered orca vanishes from dwindling pod off Washington coast. ‘Every loss hurts’
An endangered orca vanished from a dwindling whale pod off the Washington coast, a conservation group said. The missing ...
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Third community ‘Freedge’ opens in rural Whatcom County, expanding access to free food
A new “Freedge” is now open and operational in Whatcom County to help make free, nutritious food more accessible to community ...
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Post-Dodson, post-Baker, Seahawks turn to a rookie — and using Devon Witherspoon better?
If the Seahawks’ locker room didn’t know already, they do now. You don’t perform and aren’t fitting what Mike Macdonald wants on defense, you not only won’t play — the rookie head coach may send you ...
High school football players ‘tormented’ Black teammates with sexual assaults, suit says
The Washington high school’s coaching staff knew about players using a massage gun to sexually assault teammates, the lawsuit ...
Tacoma Public Schools under fire after Native student told to ditch regalia at graduation
Tacoma Public Schools stands accused of discrimination after an Indigenous student was prohibited from wearing tribal regalia ...
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New study says Whatcom County homes are some of the most expensive in the state, nation
A recent study by SmartAsset, an investment adviser website, compared house costs and financing prices across Washington ...
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What date is Thanksgiving this year? Why is the holiday so much later than it was in 2023?
If you feel like Thanksgiving is later than usual this year, you’re not exactly wrong. The holiday has been celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November for decades, so the exact date on the calendar ...
Multi-agency child exploitation operation nets 14 arrests over the weekend in Skagit County
Law enforcement personnel from multiple agencies arrested 14 individuals over the weekend of Nov. 8-10 in Skagit County as ...