A proposed sales tax of one-tenth of 1% would cost shoppers about 10 cents on a $100 purchase in Whatcom County.

Whatcom County Councilmember Jessica Rienstra (right) participates in the oath of office ceremony Jan. 12. Rienstra was elected to serve her first term on the council representing District 3. Her term ...

Whatcom County Council members approved a long-term lease for a new Sheriff’s Office headquarters on Bellingham’s north side, allowing the agency to move from its current cramped and dilapidated ...

The earliest the effort could reach ballots would be November 2027, meaning signature gathering could take place a year from now, Scanlon said. Assuming approval, the district would become effective ...

Bellingham voters appeared to be extending the terms of three City Council members, and a rural Whatcom County Council district was leaning toward a candidate backed by Democrats as the first round of ...

Floating on rafts and inner tubes on the Nooksack River, a popular practice in the summer months as the river meanders through the South Fork Valley, has been outlawed to protect the threatened ...

Eamonn Collins, chair of the Whatcom Democrats, is joining the race this year to replace State Sen. Sharon Shewmake. Shewmake announced in December she would not be running for reelection, saying she ...

Whatcom County Council members approved a long-term lease for a new Sheriff's Office headquarters on Bellingham's north side, allowing the agency to move from its current cramped and dilapidated ...

The former Ryzex Inc. building is at 4600 Ryzex Way in the Cordata area of Bellingham. It was most recently occupied by Blue Sea Systems, which moved to Mexico but was still leasing the empty building ...