3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (547+ words) A Whatcom County judge sentenced a former Whatcom County employee to 90 days in jail for four counts of domestic violence, including a felony charge. Mark Raaka, 57, was on paid leave from his health department job for 17 months while facing two…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (530+ words) An Everson woman is suing Whatcom County in federal court alleging jail staff was improperly trained in suicide prevention at the time her son died while in custody three years ago. Elaine Barness filed the wrongful death and negligence lawsuit…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (240+ words) Two men are being held on $1 million bonds in the Whatcom County Jail after a weekend shooting in Birch Bay left one person injured and in the hospital. Whatcom County prosecutors charged William Huskey, 54, with three charges of first-degree assault…...

1+ week, 25+ min ago   (157+ words) Whatcom Sheriff’s Office investigates shooting on Sunday evening Cascadia Daily News Whatcom Sheriff’s Office investigates shooting on Sunday evening One injured, several suspects detained after shooting on Birch Bay Drive No Q&A content found. Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (228+ words) A Whatcom County judge sentenced a 38-year-old man to 17 years in prison on Tuesday, Sept. 1, for killing a retired Western Washington University dance professor in 2024. James Singleton pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Tuesday, as first reported by the Bellingham Herald....

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (244+ words) Ever since Whatcom County voters passed the Public Health, Safety and Justice sales tax increase in 2023, there has been a great deal of discussion about reimagining our local justice system. Behavioral health, community safety and booking restrictions are bellwethers in…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (292+ words) California investigators are asking the public’s help in finding out what happened to a woman with Bellingham ties who was murdered in 1974 but wasn’t identified until earlier this year. Investigators found Rebecca Jean McMahan, who was also known as Rebecca…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (267+ words) Cascadia Daily News Two arrested after shots fired in downtown Bellingham on Saturday No one injured in early Saturday morning drive-by shooting No Q&A content found. Two men were arrested early on Saturday, Aug. 15 after one allegedly shot a…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (956+ words) Sitting in jail last winter, Brennen Walker faced the reality he could go to prison for six years for identity theft and stealing a car, among other charges out of Skagit County. He was already in a court-related residential treatment…...