Bellingham News

The projects to put a Safeway grocery store and a new gas station into Sunset Square are in full swing.

In a bright yellow storefront on North State Street, youth worked diligently, hunched over sewing machines and screen-pressing printers, to create merchandise and art during the grand opening of We Creations on Tuesday, July 29. We Creations, a project of Northwest Youth Services, is a job-training program for at-risk or homeless youth.

A decade after a $1.4 million interim cleanup was completed at a contaminated waterfront boatyard formerly used by Weldcraft Steel and Marine, the Port of Bellingham could finish the job with a new $610,000 cleanup plan.

In Phillip Howard's book; "The Death of Common Sense," he gives an example of how Mother Teresa's missionaries wanted to establish a soup kitchen and shelter for homeless people in an abandoned building they obtained for $1.

For the third year, enjoy a performance of "Mark Twain in Fairhaven: A Musical Tall Tale" by Bellingham playwright and historian Joseph Lenz.

Every year on the first Tuesday of August, National Night Out gives neighborhood communities the opportunity to come together and strengthen relations with local law enforcement agencies.

A few changes have taken place at the Viking Plaza : -- Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant has closed.

If Rep. Vincent Buys, R-Lynden, defeats Democratic challenger Joy Monjure in this November's general election, he hopes to continue in the same main role he had in this year's session of the Washington state Legislature.

In fact, Huntsville was not even among the top five most-expensive airports in the U.S., according to the first-quarter 2014 analysis by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Most of Washington's local breweries do a lot to help non-profit organizations. Whether it be in the form of beer donations that help non-profit organizations raise funds, or greater involvement in events and causes, philanthropy and beer go hand in hand, which is just one more reason why a brewery is a valuable member of its community.

Republicans have signaled early, in two key State Senate races, that they are ready to go negative with crude attack mailings with November's election day still 99 days away.

The deal closed Monday, July 28, and GM cars and parts were being moved to the Northwest Avenue dealership, said Jeffrey Watson, general manager of Chevrolet Cadillac.

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.

Question: Recently, Rules of the Road answered that it is illegal for a vehicle in the left-hand turn lane to occupy the middle of the intersection as the light becomes red so as to obstruct cross traffic.

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.