Bellingham News

Bob Duke with his book, "Waking Up Dying: Caregiving When There Is No Tomorrow," at his home in Bellingham, Thursday, July 17, 2014.

Like many other cities, Seattle, Edmonds and Marysville are alarmed at the prospect of massive coal trains and their effects on communities.

Bellingham sailor Ward Naviaux could hardly describe his emotions upon capturing his first glimpse of the lush, vibrant green hills hanging over Oahu's Kaneohe Bay.

A few weeks ago, due to a medical emergency, my husband John was transported to Peace Health St. Joseph's Hospital by Ferndale Fire Department.

Darrell and Jani Trull 50th Anniversary High School sweethearts Darrell and Jani Trull were married July 18, 1964 in Ferndale, WA.

Cyclists begin the 104-mile ride at the 9th Annual Dewey Griffin Subaru Tour de Whatcom, which went from Railroad Avenue, north to Blaine, south through Lynden and onto Alger before ending back at the starting line, on Saturday, July 26, 2014, on Railroad Avenue in Bellingham.

Owner of Wild Bird Chalet Valeri Wade paints the trim on the wall at the new location Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 108 Ohio St. in Bellingham.

City planners say rezoning a crumbling parking lot for high-density housing is a sensible way to make room for new residents without sprawling into rural parts of Whatcom County.

Sara Vaughn and Shawn Pittman were married on Friday, July 11, 2014 at the bride's home in Bellingham.

Police and fire department responded to a single vehicle accident on the 3100 block of Northwest Avenue on Saturday afternoon July 16, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash.

"It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished," the paper noted in an editorial running Sunday.

The Bellingham Herald reports the latest bank robbery happened Friday afternoon.

Hundreds of people showed up to get their eyes checked, their teeth worked on and their hair cut Friday, July 25, during a one-day event at Bellingham High School to help the homeless and the poor.

My blog is about an alternative retirement lifestyle - Full-Time RVing. Here you get to follow my travels and see many of the interesting places and people I encounter along my way.

Skamania, which plays ska, reggae and Caribbean tunes, will play a a free family-friendly concert from 7 to 9 pm.

Scott Heath drove in Lou Della Fera with a go-ahead single in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Bellingham Bells to a 6-5 West Coast League win against the Yakima Valley Pippins on Thursday, July 24, in Yakima.

Eighteen coal trains per day could start rolling through Kent if a proposed Gateway Pacific terminal is built near Bellingham to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to China.

Kathleen Bander plants flowers as part of installing a butterfly garden by the North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center on Friday, May 2, 2014, in Bellingham.

Food, clothing and money to help people affected by the Carlton Complex fires are being collected Sunday, July 27, by the Bellingham Trail Running Club.

The U.S. Department of Transporation's plan to slow crude oil trains with older tank cars in urban areas would not apply to some of the cities where derailments have occurred or where officials and residents are worried they might.