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Behind the picket line in the five-day strike outside St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham: employees reveal concerns ...
Bellingham City Council is considering a resolution affirming a “welcoming city” ensuring safety for all. In discussion at a ...
The last two years have been the deadliest for pipeline safety in nearly 15 years. Communities across the country continue to ...
Indian grocery markets in Bellingham offer more than just food and products: they give back to their neighbors and provide customers a feeling of home. Twice a week, India Mart owner TJ Sekhon ...
Strategic planning process aims to steer Jansen Art Center into deeper sense of community. Jansen Art Center — at 321 Front Street in Lynden — has begun a strategic planning process that, in part, ...
Creating thriving mini-forests in small spaces. On a recent cool but clear Saturday — perfect planting weather — 43 volunteers gathered at Barkley Village in Bellingham to create a forest from scratch ...
After community pushback led to cancellation of a proposed metal shredding facility, ABC Recycling put the land, including 10 acres zoned for heavy industrial usage, up for sale. It remains unclear ...
As Washington and 23 other states sue the Trump administration over the termination of AmeriCorps grants and 85% of the agency’s workforce in April, former members and local organizations worry about ...
Economic uncertainty, tariffs and lower-than-projected sales tax could impact budget. The funding available for the new Whatcom County jail will likely be less than expected, say those involved in the ...
Education programs in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties offer young adults with disabilities vocational training to prepare for life after high school. Friendship is at the core of this transition ...
Editor’s year in AmeriCorps was a powerful look at people’s needs around the country. My senior year of high school, despite the advice of counselors, parents and peers, I could not force myself to ...
The impromptu billboard along I-5 must find a new home so fish can return to theirs. Driving north along Interstate 5, coming into Bellingham, an unusual billboard sits with over 50 years of messages ...