Skagit’s existing code allows “activities associated with tourism, which promote local agriculture” on agricultural land. The county’s stated goal for the new regulations is to allow farmers to ...

Skagit County commissioners signed a historic agreement with Seattle City Light concerning its dams on the upper Skagit River, despite deep mistrust of the utility in the area. Th ...

Starla’s, a celebrated pizzeria and wine bar, had its final day of service in Bellingham on March 28. The announcement came just two months after its chef was chosen as a James Beard Award ...

Staff and programs will be cut in Bellingham Public Schools to address a projected $7.5 million budget gap, the district announced Friday.

Washington State Department of Transportation will close the right lane of southbound Interstate 5 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Monday, March 30 and again on Tuesday, March 31 just north of Burlington ...

Per its description, “This unfolding of 39 plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides distills nearly a thousand years of Greek theater into one sprawling, ecstatic cycle, reimagined as a single ...

Ferguson says “millionaires’ tax” will provide needed relief for small businesses and lower-income residents. Opponents are also eyeing a ballot measure to ...

For three years in a row, spring in Blaine meant heated board meetings and staff cuts for the school district. Enrollment declines and state funding challenges resulted in the district seeing ...

The Whatcom Family YMCA is bringing back the Youth Futsal League for the first time since COVID shut down the program. The YMCA will run a five-week league for boys and girls ages 8–13. The four ...

A new event in Anacortes is giving walkers the chance to experience the picturesque town and its surroundings through more than 25 planned outings with a focus on history, art and the environment.

But if it’s 4 a.m. and it sounds like five lawnmowers combined forces to rattle your windowpanes, it’s probably a street sweeper. The hulking vehicles resemble garbage trucks, armed with large ...

Rilanna Newcomb’s career at Lynden High School is coming to an end in a couple of months. In her four years at Lynden, she has won three state titles in girls basketball, placed fourth in the girls ...