The year was 1975, and Bellingham resident Don Larson stumbled into a job the old-fashioned way: by sneaking onto the balcony ...

In the long list of races that voters will find on their ballot this year, no race may be more consequential, and unknown, than the five seats open on the Washington Supreme Court. Of the five seats, ...

Exactly one year after opening in the former Fireside Martini and Wine Bar space, MJ’s Martini Bar is closing its doors. Owners announced their plans in a Wednesday, Sept. 16 Facebook post, though ...

Attention cinephiles: The Pickford Film Center’s 2026 Doctober program is live, and the monthlong film festival, “dedicated to one of Bellingham’s proven favorite genres,” returns Oct. 1–25 this year.

Two people were hurt by a black bear near a Whatcom County residence on Sunday. The Washington Department of Fish and ...

After more than three years of research and outreach, a group of Birch Bay community members is one step closer to forming a new city on the coast of Whatcom County.

The fifth annual Love Thy Neighbor fundraiser, a flash tattoo and community event benefiting reproductive rights, was the ...

PeaceHealth, one of Whatcom County’s largest employers, is laying off 17 Bellingham employees and 150 systemwide as it outsources its IT (information technology) services to a company in India.

“The Sea-Glass Shore” is a meditation on motherhood and marriage, making a life of one’s choosing and finding meaning in it all. Read it as the summer shifts to fall, after a long walk along Clayton ...

ANACORTES — After three overtimes, multiple turnovers, four potential game-winning field goals missed and emotions pouring out, Anacortes football stunned defending state champion Archbishop Murphy 48 ...

Search and rescue operations found a 78-year-old man dead Friday after he was separated from his family while hiking the Sauk Mountain Trail the day before. The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office began a ...

Two Bellingham Herald reporters are among those cut in a massive wave of layoffs initiated last week by nationwide newspaper ...