Bellingham News

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.

St. Patrick's Day Parade grand marshal, Tammy Bennett, waves to the crowd Saturday afternoon, March 16, 2013 in Bellingham.

With the start of the MLS season also brings back the league website's Instant Replay feature with host Simon Borg .

Dr. Craig McAllister, a surgeon who is director of hip and knee replacements at EvergreenHealth, talks with patient Mary Carlson in the recovery room after she had minimally invasive knee replacement surgery.

The city is taking the first steps toward construction of a multimillion-dollar pre-treatment plant that will help prevent Lake Whatcom algae blooms from affecting the quality and quantity of the city's water supply.

A Bellingham man has been charged with five counts of first-degree child rape, suspected of sexually abusing five girls over the course of several years, according to charging documents filed in Whatcom County Superior Court.

A teenager accused of opening fire on a driver in the Sunnyland neighborhood has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault.

Maripat Donovan, the creator and star of the wildly successful "Late Nite Catechism" series, which has been touring the country for the last 20 years, is stepping out of her habit and into a brand new interactive comedy "Ask Mrs. Honey B., Certified Life Coach."

A train passes The Chrysalis Inn & Spa on the Bellingham waterfront, Friday, Jan. 10. Because the trains pass so close to many homes and businesses, Bellingham Mayor Kelli Linville is pushing for increased safety measures after a spate of freight train crashes that have resulted in huge fireballs from crude oil carried in rail cars.