Bellingham News

Police say a bookkeeper at La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza embezzled more than $180,000 from the company since 2010.

After learning about some troubling air pollution findings near a Seattle rail crossing, local residents might wonder what kind of air pollution readings have been taken near Bellingham rail crossings.

Staff members at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington are enduring viewpoint-corrective training sessions in far-left political topics like "heterosexual privilege," "gender privilege" and "language privilege."

Jordie Kvidera, left, and Helen Wong measure a liquid substance during their Advanced Placement chemistry class at Sammamish High School in Bellevue.

KOMO-TV reports that Kristen Shaulis had planned to stay just one night at a Best Western motel but came out to the parking lot Thursday morning to find the truck and vehicle had vanished.

Some residents and business owners along Alabama Street have been saying the city can't reduce the key commuter route from four lanes to two without snarling traffic.

Fewer Whatcom County women are using a 40-year-old public program that provides healthy food for them and their young children along with services that include nutrition education.

Three months of jail time and a $52,000 repair bill await a vandal who shattered windows and glass doors at the Ferndale police station in December.

It may seem a long time until July, but the organizers of Bellingham Festival of Music are already scheduling some events leading up to what promises to be another fantastic lineup of classical music.

What does it mean to be food insecure? For a senior it may mean having to choose between paying for food or medication or utilities.

Artists 18 and older have a chance this month to take workshops in clay, paper and other materials with a sculptor, ceramist and printmaker visiting from across the Puget Sound region.

Bellingham author Derek Munson shares his new picture book, "Bad Dad," at 6 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2014 at Village Books, Bellingham, 1200 11th St. Bellingham author Derek Munson shares his new picture book, "Bad Dad," at 6 p.m. Friday, March 7, at Village Books, Bellingham, 1200 11th St. Uh oh.

The Los Angeles-based rock-instrumental duo El Ten Eleven brings its unique sound to Bellingham on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St. The Los Angeles-based rock-instrumental duo El Ten Eleven brings its unique sound to Bellingham on Saturday, March 8, at the Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St. El Ten Eleven creates music that ... (more)

Teachers Allison Lovell, left, and Amy Sothman escort preschool and kindergarteners across Fairhaven Parkway in Bellingham back to The Cottage School after an outing in the rain Tuesday , March 4, 2014, in Bellingham.

Dressed in a alligator suit, Leo Friedman, right, and bartender Kelly Pronold, chat as they celebrate Mardi Gras, March 4, 2014, at Bayou on Bay restaurant in Bellingham.

Joshua Mayers joined The Seattle Times as a part-time news assistant in 2005 and took over the Sounders FC beat before the 2010 season.

Whatcom County pianist Karen Fitzgerald is among the featured performers when the Enlightened Piano Radio concert series begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. This "Enlightened Piano" concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St., will be the ... (more)

Four people were injured in a two-car accident Sunday evening on Highway 2 about nine miles west of Leavenworth.

Underwater images of Puget Sound will fill the screen at 7 p.m. Tuesday when Peninsula College's Magic of Cinema film series presents the documentary "Beneath the Salish Sea."

Bellingham Police officers Jon Knutsen, left, Sgt. Carr Lanham and Dante Alexander talk to an unidentified man they arrested who was accused of making threats at the Daylight Properties office in the Herald Building Monday, March 3, 2014, in Bellingham.