Bellingham News

On a 2-1 vote, Port of Bellingham commissioners have approved a complex real estate transaction aimed at providing Western Washington University with a six-acre chunk of waterfront property for future development.

Bellingham police are looking for help locating a 66-year-old man who went missing from his home last week in the 1200 block of West Racine Street.

On June 3 the Bellingham City Council voted on a personal fireworks ban which would make possession and use of fireworks in Bellingham illegal.

After years of making do, the Whatcom Humane Society opens the doors of its new $2.6 million shelter Wednesday, June 19. "To say it's a long overdue project would be an understatement," said Laura Clark, executive director for Whatcom Humane Society.

A woman killed by a stray bullet at a Father's Day barbecue has been identified as Alyssa Christine Smith, 23, a former honor student at Ferndale High School.

City Council is ready to take another look at proposals to set up a system to license and inspect apartments and rental houses in 2014.

Richard Van As, a South African carpenter who lost a portion of his hand in an accident, assembles a Robohand and fits it to Liam Dippenaar.

Inslee and Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson visited the site Tuesday to see what progress crews have made since a section of the bridge collapsed on May 23 after it was struck by a truck with an oversize load.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided on a limited review of environmental effects for a proposed coal port at Bellingham.

The Obama administration is apparently ready to declare some kind of victory in its war on gun rights , and today Vice President Joe Biden will be offering a progress report, according to Mediaite and Buzz Feed , while the mainstream press seems silent on the situation.

A coal port's economic benefits are being underestimated, according to a Western Washington U. professor's report commissioned by the Washington Farm Bureau.

Each summer a community comes together with rare generosity to celebrate music. From July 5 through July 21, 2013, some of the finest musicians from all over the country will join forces under the leadership of Michael Palmer and with world-renowned soloists to create a unique Pacific Northwest experience-the Bellingham Festival of Music.

I'm a pie fool which isn't the same thing as being a fool for pie. Julie Klausner recently pointed out in her podcast that Jews are cake people, Christians are pie people.

The Public Development Authority's plan for a major development to link downtown, Old Town and a redeveloping central waterfront is moving forward, City Council was told Monday, June 17. Authority Executive Director Jim Long said five property owners have signed non-binding letters of intent with the Public Development Authority, expressing ... (more)

A woman at a Father's Day barbecue near Ferndale was hit in the chest by a stray bullet fired by shooters more than half-mile away.

A Bellingham man has been arrested on suspicion of briefly kidnapping a 5-year-old girl on Saturday, June 15. Police believe the girl went with Matthew Barclay Pemberton, 35, because he offered her candy and a trip to the park.

Tubers floating down the south fork Nooksack River are a seasonal nuisance to nearby landowners, who say they witness public drunkenness, urination and other inappropriate acts in their backyards.

The new Rocket Building at 11th Street and Harris Avenue displays a distinct Art Deco look in the historic district that's peppered with late-19th century buildings built a good three decades before the rise of the modernist Art Deco movement.

A longtime Bellingham construction company has won a major contract to build a portion of an electric power plant in Alaska.

In 1976, John Sylvester knew with all his heart that his dad was the best. He'd take his son fishing, help him with soccer and patiently answer his endless stream of questions.