Early primary returns show a shakeup in the Whatcom County Council District 3 with incumbent Tyler Byrd trailing by nearly 3 percentage points. Jessica Rienstra, a mental health nurse practitioner, ...

Two oil refinery operators in northwest Washington, HF Sinclair and Tesoro, have been hit with fines for improper management of oily sludge and acid waste at their facilities.

In the remaining small cities, Everson, Ferndale, Lynden and Nooksack will all have city council seats up for election in November. The mayors of Everson, Lynden, Nooksack and Sumas are all running ...

Eight candidates across Whatcom and Skagit counties were on the ballot Tuesday for two public hospital districts.

She and her team are volunteers for Rascal Rodeo, an adaptive event where people with developmental disabilities can embrace their inner cowboy or cowgirl. “I will have people in the community run up ...

The guest commentaries (and letters) from young people that CDN runs from time to time are always a treat to read, and Will Parnow’s recent piece ( CDN, July 30, 2025) on Gen Z wanting to help fix the ...

Results will be certified Aug. 19 ...

Results will be certified Aug. 19 ...

Sedro-Woolley council member Joe Burns and challenger Karl de Jong, who also ran against each other in 2021, seemed set to advance to the general election Tuesday evening. In Mount Vernon, Demi Daman ...

At the Port of Bellingham, incumbent Ken Bell leads with 61% of the vote as of Aug. 5. Carly James, co-owner of Bison Bookbinding & Letterpress, follows with 34% of the vote. Bell and James’ leads are ...

Incumbent District 1 school board member Brent Schiefelbein and Jim Kallio will progress to the general election, after initial primary election results were released Tuesday night.

South Whatcom Fire Authority serves around 13,700 people in the predominantly residential neighborhoods of Sudden Valley, Chuckanut, Lake Samish, Yew Street Road and Geneva.