Charlotte Alden

Homelessness

Severe weather shelter will open this week, coincides with homeless camp cleanup

People leaving Northwest/Bakerview encampment can get help from health department

Jan. 13, 2025 9:00 p.m.

Crime & Courts

Police bike patrol unit returns as city shifts security approach downtown

RSU security guards shift focus to city-owned parking garages

Jan. 8, 2025 9:00 p.m.

Government

Public comment is back after city council paused it due to safety concerns

Metal detector screenings, security guards will boost safety at Bellingham council chambers

Jan. 8, 2025 1:24 p.m.

Education

Whatcom students tell legislators they’re being ‘failed’ by state’s K-12 funding model

Educators, parents detail costs of budget cuts, 'not in dollars but in futures'

Jan. 8, 2025 12:26 p.m.

News in Brief

Bellingham Technical College has received more than $2.2M from anonymous donor

An additional $780,000 was given to support scholarships, equipment purchase

Jan. 7, 2025 9:00 p.m.

Government

Here’s what the City of Bellingham plans to lobby the state for this legislative session

Funding asks for landfill cleanup, court facilities, a push for a vacancy tax

Jan. 7, 2025 5:09 p.m.

News in Brief

Emergency closure of shellfish harvest issued in Drayton Harbor

People fell ill after eating raw oysters harvested on Dec. 28 and 30

Jan. 7, 2025 4:47 p.m.

Homelessness

Property owners to begin cleanup of Northwest/Bakerview homeless encampment

City staff, police will issue formal notice to residents on Jan. 16

Jan. 3, 2025 5:07 p.m.

News in Brief

Boy Scouts to pick up Christmas trees Saturday

Place trees by public street by 8 a.m.; households only

Jan. 3, 2025 1:01 p.m.

Crime & Courts

USPS to replace locks on mailboxes in Bellingham, Sudden Valley due to theft

Here's how you can protect your mail until the postal service replaces the locks

Updated Jan. 2, 2025 12:35 p.m.

News in Brief

Boaters must stay 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas starting Jan. 1

Expanded rules intended to reduce vessel noise, disturbances to killer whales

Dec. 31, 2024 1:26 p.m.

News in Brief

Public works installs four-way stop at Everson intersection where child died in October

County will hold public hearing on South Pass Road/Goodwin Road intersection in January

Dec. 30, 2024 4:05 p.m.

General Assignment/Enterprise Reporter

Severe weather shelter will open this week, coincides with homeless camp cleanup

Police bike patrol unit returns as city shifts security approach downtown

Public comment is back after city council paused it due to safety concerns

Whatcom students tell legislators they’re being ‘failed’ by state’s K-12 funding model

Bellingham Technical College has received more than $2.2M from anonymous donor

Here’s what the City of Bellingham plans to lobby the state for this legislative session

Emergency closure of shellfish harvest issued in Drayton Harbor

Property owners to begin cleanup of Northwest/Bakerview homeless encampment

Boy Scouts to pick up Christmas trees Saturday

USPS to replace locks on mailboxes in Bellingham, Sudden Valley due to theft

Boaters must stay 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas starting Jan. 1

Public works installs four-way stop at Everson intersection where child died in October

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