By Bill Helm On Aug. 1 and again on Nov. 7, Whatcom County’s voters will be able to decide who they want to hold across school districts, fire districts and city and county councils. ...

By Michael Leach The Fourth of July is an incredibly festive time for millions of American families nationwide. It’s typically filled with picnics, BBQs, fireworks, days at the beach, ...

Letter: Minimum wage and cap on hospital executive pay Editor, Income inequality plays a role in the Bellingham minimum wage Initiative 1 which qualified for the Nov. 7 ballot, and ...

By Gerald Hulbert Epoch Times features an interesting article by Joshua Phillips (ET, May 17-23, 2023, A14) revealing that top government officials (including Canada’s) have tried ...

Letter: More productive to work together Editor, I would like to respond to the comments in the letter to the editor section of the June 14, 2023 issue about Homestead golf course. ...

In last week’s paper, the Ferndale Record reported about a Ferndale School Board director who violated the Board’s code of conduct. The actions of Director Melinda Cool were not ...

In spring 2016, I was finishing my first year at WCC. I took a class called Gender and Literature to fill out English credits. When the professor showed us the 1990 documentary Paris ...

I am a professional historian who has studied the former Whatcom County Poor Farm extensively.  The Farm’s main building, now Northwest Annex, is a deeply significant historic resource ...

A year and a half ago my best friend from high school overdosed a couple blocks from my office in downtown Bellingham. A year ago, my little sister took her own life, leaving a 1- and ...