Bellingham News

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.

Boomer's Drive-In is currently going through a remodel of the drive-in area and is open during the remodel Boomer's Drive-In on North Samish Way in Bellingham is currently going through a major remodel, which includes the canopy.

Western Washington University police arrest a man at the Whatcom Hospice parking lot after he led them on a car chase near the college and through Fairhaven Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Comedian Brian Regan returns to Bellingham at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 16, 2014 at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Brian Regan, one of the premier comedians in the country who is known for balancing sophisticated writing and physicality , returns to Bellingham at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 16, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St.

Kirkland-based WaveDivision Holdings is adding another broadband company to its expanding network of fiber-optic-cable providers running up and down the West Coast.

If you wondered if funneling most of North America's increasing coal exports through the Pacific Northwest might have some serious environmental consequences, you will have to wait awhile for answers to the big questions.

An Everett man and other investors have created the largest Bitcoin mine in North America, capable of 1,000 trillion calculations per second.

The state of Washington will pay $3 million to a woman who alleged Child Protective Services agents failed to protect her from her mother's abusive boyfriend in the mid-1990s, even after she gave birth at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Spokane when she was 12 years old.

A jury found a Bellingham man guilty this week of leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in an armed standoff near the Whatcom County line.

Steve Keller serves lunch to Rochelle Wolber, left, and Johanna Krouzian at the Brandywine Kitchen in downtown Bellingham Tuesday March 11, 2014, during the Double Meal Deal to support the Lighthouse Mission.

Like many of life's greatest pleasures, the formula is simple: When at home on the weekend, my partner and I stop what we're doing late Saturday afternoon and take time out to enjoy a glass of wine.