Bellingham News

The grocery company submitted an application to the city for a design review permit to remodel the former Cost Cutter space in the Sunset Square retail center.

The Kulshan Chorus presents its annual winter concert, "A Joyful Noise," at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, led by interim director Mary Somerville.

Local residents know gas prices in Bellingham tend to be higher than other places, but a new study shows not many communities were higher in 2013.

Boris D. Schleinkofer, who heads up Bellingham's weekly poetrynight, offered to "tell me everything there is to know about poetrynight's brand new venue."

Total taxable retail sales totaled $853.2 million in the second quarter of 2013, a 7.7 percent increase compared to a year earlier, according to a new report from the Washington Department of Revenue.

Life-saving emergency response likely will make do with one fewer ambulance for up to three years, as the Whatcom County Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday, Dec. 10, to restructure Whatcom Medic One and keep it intact as a unified, countywide ambulance service.

Hitting his face, Blaine's Christian Sharp lands on Bellingham's Babak Abedsaidi as they wrestle as Bellingham lost to Blaine in a Northwest Conference wrestling match on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 in Bellingham.

Squalicum's Jamie Keller looks up at the clock during her match against Nooksack Valley's Stephany Avila.

It was deceiving at first reference calling the match between Blaine's Olivia Adams and Nooksack Valley's Chloe Gardner an exhibition.

In February 2012, voters in southwest Bellingham created the Chuckanut Community Forest District, shown here on Feb. 4, 2013 and elected five commissioners to raise property taxes within the district to repay a $3.2 million loan, plus interest, from the city Greenways endowment fund.

For more on the gig, see acoustictavern.com . For more on the duo, see jamestownrevival.com .

A potential disruption to rural life - a state ruling that could prevent new water wells from being drilled - looms so large that the Whatcom County Planning Commission in October refused to hold a hearing on the issue, saying it could undermine a pending court case.

The Coen Brothers' splendid new film, "Finding Llewyn Davis," set in the Greenwich Village folk-music scene of the early '60s, has launched a welcome wave of interest in Northwesterner Harry Smith, whose 1952 six-LP set, "Anthology of American Folk Music," was the folk singers' bible.

I'm the process of transcribing much from Monday's business meeting, particularly speakers' remarks from Sounders FC's majority owner Joe Roth , part owner Drew Owner , part owner and general manager Adrian Hanauer , head coach Sigi Schmid , and vice president of business operations Bart Wiley .

A sign advertising a building for lease at 2119 Lincoln St., in Bellingham says that it is zoned for a marijuana dispensary Tuesday, Sept.

The WSA Rapids soccer team earned a 12-2 victory over the Burnaby Titans on Saturday, Dec. 7, in Burnaby, B.C. Brendan Quilici and Andrew Weishaar had three goals each for the Rapids, Matt Sanchez added two goals and Oscar Jimenez, Chris Jepson and Jin Dangvan had one each.

The DJ duo Odesza will be playing 9;30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St. Tickets are $8-$10.

Growing up, I never really made a Hanukkah list. My mom said to me early on, "We can get you one nice gift or eight crappy gifts," so obviously I'd pick the nice gift and each year beg for something very specific, like a Nintendo or a Super Nintendo or a Nintendo Gameboy or basically anything Nintendo made.

Two conservative political action committees in Whatcom County were fined $4,500 on Thursday, Dec. 5, for reporting contributions late and for failing to file reports electronically.

Herald reader Matt Vandenberghe sent this photo of a frozen waterfall at a home on South Bay Drive at the south end of Lake Whatcom, taken Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.