Bellingham

A grand opening celebration Saturday, Nov. 16, will mark the completion of the new $4.5 million Perry Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences and the public and private donors who helped Bellingham Technical College replace its worn-out fisheries building.

Paula Radolff , the vice president for human resources at Nike, will be the keynote speaker at the 13th annual Western Washington University Bellingham Business Forum on Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Hotel Bellwether Ballroom.
Guests can check in at 11:30 a.m., outside the ballroom. Lunch will…

Bellingham, Washington, often comes out near the top when magazines rate America's "most liveable" cities, but it ranks No. 1 in a new list -- U.S. places that get the least sunshine during the year.

The sun is out only 35 percent of the time in the city at the Northwest…

As a specialist in early U.S. literature, Laura Laffrado knows that once-famous women writers sometimes fall into puzzling obscurity. She also knows that some of those writers have won new attention in recent decades.

But not Ella Higginson of Bellingham.

A contested proposal for a privately run student-housing project in a residential neighborhood about three miles from Western Washington University has received approval from Bellingham’s hearing examiner, but with several conditions that could alter some of the developer’s original plans.

Bellingham police have arrested a fifth person in connection with an Oct. 12 riot that caused thousands of dollars in damage to public and private property near Laurel Park.

Police booked Sharod Niles McClay, 18, into Whatcom County Jail on Wednesday, Oct. 23, for investigation of rioting…

In the aftermath of the Oct. 12 riot in Laurel Park, many people both on Western Washington University's campus and in the community have asked how this could have happened and what can be done to make sure it doesn't happen again.

As shocked as we were by this incident -…