While every team uses a different style of play to succeed, Lummi Nation’s high school boys and girls basketball squads rely on a fast-paced, high-tempo game plan that creates easy baskets, lots of ...

A flood warning is in effect for the Skagit and Samish rivers in Skagit County as heavy rain pushes them above flood stage. Starting 11 p.m. on Friday, March 20, the National Weat ...

Nearly a year after debuting its long-awaited rooftop bar, Chuckanut Bay Distillery has another new project in the works: a location at the Portal Container Village. The venue will open this May and ...

Meridian boys soccer escaped with a 2-2 draw after scoring a stoppage-time goal against King’s in a non-conference match at Bellingham High School on Saturday, March 21. The Trojans trailed 2-1 after ...

Northbound lanes of Interstate 5 south of Bellingham remain closed Saturday, March 21, after a Thursday evening rock slide. Emergency work crews will begin clearing boulders, trees and other debris on ...

Frustrations with the upcoming construction of a new Whatcom County jail — and fears that funds earmarked to build a new behavioral health center could be transferred to the jail project — were on ...

Skagit County prosecutors charged a 42-year-old Concrete man with second-degree murder Friday, March 20, in connection with the disappearance and death of a Concrete woman. Skagit County Sheriff’s ...

A portion of northbound Interstate 5 just south of Bellingham remains closed Friday evening, March 20, after a landslide, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. WSDOT reported ...

The Skagit Stabilization, Treatment, and Recovery (STAR) Center is operated by Pioneer Human Services and has 48 total voluntary beds, including 16 crisis stabilization beds, 16 acute detox beds and ...

After students at Western Washington University got a bill passed in the state Legislature in 2023 to allow student employees working in educational roles to collectively bargain with the university, ...

A medium-sized backyard flock of chickens in Skagit County has tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. It’s the first detection ever of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Skagit County, ...

An unassuming little restaurant attached to the back of the Shell station on State Route 20 in Sedro-Woolley, Bapster is a hidden gem. I completely missed its opening about a year ago, but as a huge ...