Dahlias are planted each year in May and thrive in the mild heat of Pacific Northwest summers with the dry days in late summer and temperatures under 80 degrees. When trimmed deeply as flowers fade — ...

Burlington-Edison and Mount Vernon’s football rivalry dates back to the early 1900s. Both teams will head to Bulldog Stadium this Friday for the 119th “Battle of the Bridge” game, where the Tigers ...

The junior ice hockey team decided to suspend its operations because of low player numbers this upcoming season. Bellingham had 25 players registered for the 2025-26 season, but it dropped to 16 after ...

In the end, Whatcom County was allocated $200,000 for outreach through June 2026. The Department of Ecology, which filed the lawsuit against all water right holders in the region, has continued to ...

Phantom feathers represent the sparrows killed in Mao’s 1958 eradication campaign, a man-made omen of famine. Turn the page, and petals from Mao’s Hundred Flowers Campaign turn into the heads and ...

RG Haley and Cornwall are among the 12 cleanup sites around Bellingham Bay that have been contaminated by decades of municipal and industrial practices. In an unrelated project further south, work ...

Finally, Mark Raaka, health department staffer, has been receiving his triple-digit salary for the last 16 months while his public defender delays his trial on domestic violence charges of ...