Tulips have layers of meaning in Skagit County: In addition to symbolizing a rich agricultural heritage, they attracted 600,000 tourists (and an estimated $83 million of revenue) to the region in 2024 ...

Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, a prominent farmworker and immigrant advocate, was detained Tuesday, March 25, in ...

Five years after opening, Indulge had won multiple Best of Skagit awards and had a huge crowd of regular customers, plus a ...

Growing up, Amsa Burke was one of few Black kids in Lynden, a conservative rural community in North Whatcom County. On the surface, Burke said, “Everything’s good in Lynden as long as the lawns are ...

Too many times now in recent history, that priority has been lost in the dizzying circles of ass-covering that seem to be Job ...

The text said what Tawsha Thompson knew could happen every time her husband left their Lynden home for work. Jason Thompson, a veteran Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputy, had been shot. “I knew … right ...

Lynden Christian senior Josie Hendricks broke the school record in the girls pole vault and the Lyncs cruised to the team ...

Two vacancies on Sedro-Woolley School Board have been filled, after several months of empty seats.

Laurie Trautman, the head of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, said in the last three ...

Greater fire danger, closed public bathrooms and deteriorating hiking trails are among the impacts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the National Forest system that locals might notice in ...

The Lighthouse Mission’s new homeless shelter in Old Town Bellingham is set to begin housing residents in mid-October, incorporating a new “enhanced shelter” model. The five-story building at 1312 F ...

Sehome girls and boys swept the 2A state cross country meet for the second straight year — the girls won their fourth straight title, the boys their second straight — Saturday, Nov. 9 at Sun Willows ...