Even with Liberty’s original payment, Bennett faced nearly $79,000 in medical bills, according to a PeaceHealth document. Resolve, a for-profit company, negotiated the bill down to $23,000 — an amount ...

How do you go from being invisible in a community, to being seen, being acknowledged, being heard?” Baxter believes art can be used to build these bridges — which is why she and Communications Manager ...

Western Washington University women’s soccer returns for the 2025–26 season with a handful of exhibition matches, including a home game against Pacific Lutheran. The women’s team has 11 new players ...

“Chicago” is now the second-longest-running show on Broadway, and its movie adaptation won Best Picture at the 2002 Oscars. BAAY’s adaptation is performed by a cast of talented teens ranging in age ...

A pair of northbound Interstate 5 on- and off-ramps will close overnight Thursday, Aug. 14 in Skagit County for crack sealing and pavement repairs. The Avon Cutoff/State Route 20 on-ramp to northbound ...

The Bellingham Bells are back in the West Coast League Championship game for the first time since 2022 after defeating Edmonton, 5-2, on the road in the North Division Championship game Tuesday, Aug.

Bellingham Exit Festival debuted with great success in 2023, drawing in 52 unique acts including nationally-recognized performers like The Pharcyde, Marc Maron, The HU and drag queen Monet X Change, ...

A 2024 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that textile waste volume has increased by more than 50% between 2000 and 2018, in part due to the rise of fast fashion. Upcycling, ...

A Skagit County bat tested positive for rabies on Aug. 12, according to Skagit County Public Health officials. It’s the first ...

Whatcom Land Trust will set up a subsidiary nonprofit to oversee the community forest, with a governance board that includes representatives from the other project partners: Nooksack Indian Tribe, ...

The number of Washingtonians licensed to carry concealed pistols is climbing rapidly in the face of a new state law that will require prospective gun owners to secure a state permit before purchasing ...

Vaughn Hagen, the 70-year-old certified public accountant from Bellingham who was shot to death in Custer on Aug. 6, is remembered by his friends and family as a generous, involved community member ...