Bellingham News

By this summer, a mobile poultry processing unit - basically a slaughtering and packing house on wheels for birds and rabbits - should be scheduling appointments with Whatcom County farmers, said Fred Berman, project manager at the Northwest Agriculture Business Center.

BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 14 -- The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers issued the following news release: Each year SPIE recognizes outstanding achievements through its awards program.

Watch the two day old chicks get fed at Sustainable Living Farm & Garden on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 6931 Hannegan Road, north of Bellingham, Wa., in the former Hannegan Farm & Home building.

Millie Johnson and Rena Ziegler, right, laugh as they put on chicken hats before performing with the klezmer band What the Chelm during Congregation Beth Israel's annual Purim Carnival at the Bloedel Donovan Community Building on March 23, 2008.

Caladh Nua performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, 2014 at Skagit Valley College's McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way, in Mount Vernon.

The bicyclist who was stuck by a truck in a bike lane Wednesday, March 12, remained in serious condition in the hospital Friday.

MOUNT VERNON — Several people were arrested Thursday morning, March 13 following a three-county drug raid executed by the local branch of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Henry Miller presents his line of raw spicy honey flavors called Henry's Humdingers, on the ABC show Shark Tank.

A program that would remove the right to build homes from some rural areas and transfer them to cities got a nod of approval on Tuesday, March 11. The Whatcom County Council approved in a 6 to 1 vote preliminary population and job-growth estimates that will guide updates of the county and cities' 20-year plans, which are due in 2016.

Don Phillips, a longtime Bellingham jazz aficionado, recently donated a sizable quantity of his music collection to Western Washington University's jazz program and music library.

The rains have returned to Whatcom County, signaling the warmer weather of spring and reminding us of what it takes to makes our region so lush and green - water.

Jarrid Wilson, 25, made waves with a blog post about divorcing his iPhone at the beginning of 2014.

Sehome's Thomas Mankle reacts after the ball circled the cup before going in as Mount Baker, Sehome and Squalicum boys' golf teams play at Lake Padden on Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Bellingham.

The Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission issued on Wednesday a broadcast notice to three local porn producers that they are not broadcasting the mandated 35 per cent required Canadian content.

John Bishop, 55, was born in Spokane, but his family moved to Milwaukee when he was 7. His ballet training began there and he received a full scholarship to Milwaukee Ballet School.

A Bellingham man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular assault after a passenger in his car was injured in a suspected drunk driving crash early Thursday, March 13, according to the Washington State Patrol.

With St. Patrick's Day looming on the calendar, this week I couldn't resist opting for the book on my shelf that boasted an Irish village on the cover.

But University of Washington philosopher Jana Mohr Lone believes young children benefit just as much from discussing big questions about life.

Seven environmental groups sued BNSF last summer, alleging it violated federal law by allowing coal dust, coal chunks and other pollutants to spill into protected waterways from open-top railcars.

The Fraser Institute is hot and bothered over the CRTC's suggestion that three Canadian pornography channels may not be airing enough homegrown content.