10+ hour, 41+ min ago   (354+ words) Sehome’s Luke Zollner did not expect to enjoy running for fun when his mother signed him up for cross country in sixth grade. He had a dream of becoming a collegiate soccer player, but that passion changed after his first…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1787+ words) What will likely be the two most important questions of local pre-playoff football will be answered Friday when Lynden visits Ferndale and Anacortes plays at home against Archbishop Murphy in matchups of 2-0 playoff contenders. Even with 98 points in their first…...

10+ hour, 41+ min ago   (347+ words) Months ago, I made a request to the board of directors for Northwest Youth Services — the largest provider of housing and services for at-risk youths 13–24 in the region — that it release its internal investigation into disgraced former chief executive Jason…...

16+ hour, 14+ min ago   (495+ words) Chuckanut Bay Rugby Club hosted its first-ever “Battle at the Border Rugby Day” on Saturday, which included a youth skills camp and a U.S.-Canada showdown at Ferndale’s deWilde Rugby & Polo Fields. The day showcased two matches: the Seattle Rugby…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (276+ words) Bellingham Fire Department and Whatcom County Fire District 7 units responded to a fire at the former Bornstein Seafoods headquarters on the Bellingham waterfront Saturday night, Sept. 12, around 10:45 p.m. The building, located at 1001 Hilton Ave., was formerly home to the seafood processing…...

3+ day, 15+ 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, 21+ 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…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (272+ words) I have a lifelong egg allergy, which makes a lot of food off limits. Tragically, I also love food; even if buying a pastry without checking its ingredients could be considered evidence of a death wish. Per its website, VegFest…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1092+ words) And even if it was, that didn’t seem to be an issue. “We’ve never really enforced people that go to Costco and buy a tub of ice cream and buy a tub of ghee or whatever — that’s always been popular,…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (471+ words) Seeing the destruction that followed Spokane’s wildfires this summer and knowing the comfort found in a quilt, 15 craftswomen gathered in Acme in early September for Create It Studio’s second Disaster Relief Quilting Program. Led by Candice Leonard, owner of the…...