Heidelberg Materials Environment and Sustainability Manager Coleman Hoyt spoke during the public comment period of a February ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Challengers Jessica Rienstra and Kyle Christensen, who ousted incumbent Whatcom County Councilmember Tyler Byrd in the August ...

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 ...

Environmental advocates believe the City of Bellingham’s recently updated comprehensive plan falls short of preventing sprawl and protecting Lake Whatcom. The Whatcom Environmental Council has ...

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 ...

Whatcom County voters outside of Bellingham appear to have approved a property tax increase for the county’s library system in Tuesday’s primary election. Preliminary results show the measure garnered ...

In the Spotlight is a Bellingham Herald series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email [email protected]. Members of the Whatcom County ...

Whatcom County will continue to have an elected sheriff for the immediate future after the County Council scuttled a request to consider making it an appointed position. Councilman Todd Donovan ...

The Whatcom County Jail is, by all accounts, falling apart. Alarm systems are failing, cracks are spreading in the foundation, and physical records are continually being flooded. Inmates have even ...

Members of the Whatcom County Council voted unanimously in a special meeting Tuesday to conduct an independent investigation into a 2022 sexual harassment settlement involving former Public Works ...

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 ...