Descendants of early Icelandic settlers keep their heritage alive in one of America’s most unique border towns.
A Point Roberts shop is closing permanently after over 24 years of business, as the owner blames recent actions by the Trump administration for her loss of revenue and decision to close. Beth Calder ...
A small town in the far northwest corner of Washington state is bearing the brunt of an escalating trade war between the United States and Canada. Tensions have reached new heights, fueled by former ...
“When you cross the border and turn onto the main street, you’re immediately surrounded by trees. You take a deep breath and feel a sense of relief — like, ‘Gosh, I’m home,’” says Hannah Shucard, who ...
Tamra Hensen has lived in Point Roberts, Washington, for 25 years, and for the majority of that time, she says it has been a wonderful place to live. At just 5 square miles and surrounded by water on ...
POINT ROBERTS, Wash. (AP) — In the northwest corner of Washington state lies a quirky U.S. exclave so dependent on Canada’s goodwill that the strain of President Donald Trump’s tariff war is ...
If you look at a map of Washington, you’ll notice a tiny strip of land to the west, detached from the rest of the state but connected to a Canadian peninsula. Washington residents who are not Canadian ...
The U.S. Coast Guard team stationed in Bellingham approaches an overturned sailboat on Bellingham Bay in 2023. U.S. Coast Guard Station Bellingham Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald The Whatcom County ...