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The bridge, which is more than 90 years old, connects Marblemount to land directly east as part of Cascade River Road. The closure will be from Sept. 2–16, according to a Skagit County news release.
A Blaine-area resident has filed a lawsuit against the City of Blaine, alleging the city government violated the state Public Records Act by failing to adequately respond to a substantial public ...
But that hasn’t stopped Bellingham’s Danny Brocker, 43, and his son Lincoln Brocker, 13, who competed at the Loretta Lynn Amateur National Motocross Championships in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, from ...
Less than 82% percent of Whatcom kindergartners and 86.3% of Skagit kindergartners in fall 2024 were fully compliant with state vaccination requirements. That’s below the state average of 87%. In fall ...
The current Hardware Sales Ales lineup includes the Hazy Contractor and Tool Fair beers (Stemma Brewing Co.), Claw Hammered Beer (Beach Cat Brewing Co.), Max Rips (North Fork Brewery) and Lawn Mower ...
When it finally came, she and a crew of research technicians rushed to Tacoma to pull hundreds of chinook salmon out of Commencement Bay as part of a study on how the fish are affected by stormwater.
A Custer man accused of killing a retired Bellingham accountant pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges Friday.
And south of Bellingham, starting Sunday, northbound I-5 traffic near the North Lake Samish Exit will shift onto a bypass ...
Bellingham’s stormwater problem is especially bad because of how the city was built. European settlers didn’t care about protecting the environment when they arrived. They were constructing wood pulp ...
BURLINGTON — Pizza isn’t the obvious vehicle for suicide prevention. That’s part of what makes it effective. Freshly baked slices drew people in on Saturday at the outdoor Pizza 4 Producers event ...
MOUNT VERNON — The second annual ValleyFest 3-on-3 basketball tournament, held Aug. 16–17 at Mount Vernon’s Skagit Riverwalk Park, was more than just competitive basketball games. The tournament, ...
Editor’s note: This is the first of an occasional series reviewing public salaries. Whatcom County Council members’ salaries have more than doubled in the last five years, going from around $36,000 in ...