A flood of Western Washington University students descended on downtown on Wednesday in an annual tradition, doubling as an announcement to the rest of Bellingham: The kids are back in town.

The Yellowjackets and Vikings continued to battle back and forth until both teams were tied at 24-24. The grueling battle finally ended with Western taking the second set, 34-32. Speer spearheaded the ...

The three-year contract extension approved earlier this summer provides expanded services that the port previously had to pay extra for. It also comes at an opportune time as Matthew Rodriguez, a ...

The Bellingham Bells announced the launch of the Bellingham Bells Community Foundation, a nonprofit organization aiming to expand access and equitable opportunities to play youth baseball and softball ...

Trump, already obsessed with smiting any institution that has somehow deepened his own Grand Canyon of psychological inadequacy, moves now to unleashing a free-speech crusade. Nipping at the margins, ...

Squalicum and Mount Baker volleyball have both struggled through the first month of the season. The Storm are in the middle of the Northwest Conference standings, while the Mountaineers are still ...

Every community you go to, you have to get involved. If you don’t get involved, you’ll sit at home, you won’t meet anybody. So I joined the Elks [Lodge] when I got here, because I was already a member ...

About two dozen of the nearly 47,000 veterans residing in Democratic Rep. Rick Larsen’s second congressional district told their representative that housing and suicide are among the top issues facing ...

Roughly one month after owners listed it for sale, popular Bellingham restaurant Carnal will shut its doors after a final service on Nov. 1. Chef James Zamory delivered the news on Thursday, Sept. 24 ...

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Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition is hosting its first Family Mountain Bike Day on Galbraith on Oct. 4, in tandem with the ...

A brand new venture is open in the former Fireside Martini and Wine Bar space at 416 W. Bakerview Road — but while the cocktail specialties are similar, MJ’s Martini Bar has a distinct identity.