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About a hundred people gathered downtown Tuesday to protest against the IRS.Whatcom Tea Party board member Kris Haltermann sa...
A Tri-Cities florist who refused to supply arrangements for a gay wedding is suing the state of Washington. Barronelle Stutzm...
One local state Senator says Republicans will not compromise if that means making taxpayers pay $1.1 billon more than is ...
A local lawmaker says both Republicans and Democrats need to compromise to pass a budget in this special session.Democratic s...
Police have a suspect in custody after a man was found shot in the 2600 block of Nevada Street Saturday night.Officers arrest...
The penalty phase of the Byron Scherf murder trial is set to begin today. Scherf was found guilty last week by a Snohomish Co...
A lawmaker representing south Bellingham and the San Juan Islands is taking credit for this week’s new law designed to ...
Helping the needy is as easy as going out to eat today.The fundraiser “Dine Out for Maple Alley Inn” has over 50 ...
Border security could get beefed up and local farmers might have a harder time finding workers if Congress succeeds with a co...
A group of activists is set to march on Mount Vernon this afternoon to garner support for immigration reform.The group is urg...
Religious leaders, law enforcement, public health officials and others came together in Olympia to support universal gun back...
Local lawmakers are not surprised that the state Legislature will need to go into a special session because they failed to ag...
A bill that strengthens protections for victims of stalking is now law in Washington. Over the weekend, Governor Jay Inslee s...
Democratic Senator Kevin Ranker says a recently proposed state Senate commerce bill would perpetuate discrimination.Sponsored...
Legislators are getting ready to head back to Olympia in two weeks after wrapping up their regular session yesterday. Governo...
A bill that would allow future state employees opt into a 401k-style pension plan, rather than fixed-payment pensions current...
A bill introduced in the state Senate would give businesses the right to refuse services to customers if providing the servic...
People could soon be paying more for the things they buy online.The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 would allow states to re...
The Whatcom County Council has approved a change to the 2013-2014 budget that would let the county executive regain the abili...
The Whatcom County Council has delayed decision on a loan for a controversial housing project proposed for downtown Bellingha...
A national child advocacy group hosted a Bellingham “Million March Against Child Abuse” to build awareness and su...
The Washington ACLU is calling a Richland flower shop owner’s actions discriminatory.Last month, Barronelle Stutzman re...
A local attorney says Washington needs to create new laws to protect kids from cyber-bullying and "sexting" in ligh...
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Tri-Cities florist on behalf of a gay couple who were refused service.The lawsu...
A local legislator wants to know why the State Department of Licensing has been giving fake IDs to the CIA.Republican State R...
A bill that's designed to better protect victims of stalking is on its way to the governor's desk. The measure, which...
Washington State Senate Democrats say they plan to use a parliamentary maneuver to bring to the floor two bills that are bott...
The state House of Representatives has approved a budget that relies on more than $1-billion in tax increases.The House b...
An area lawyer says the Richland, Washington florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding was justified.Arle...
A conservative think tank says the House Democrats’ budget would need a supermajority to pass.Jason Mercier with the Wa...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington says it will represent a gay couple in a potential civil lawsuit against a f...
House Democrats want to raise $1.34-billion for public school funding as part of their state budget proposal. The $34...
A florist in Richland who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding is facing a lawsuit from the State of Washington....
State Senator Doug Ericksen says the budget passed by the senate last Friday will invest more in education and fund environme...
A local state lawmaker says the budget passed by the state Senate last Friday will devastate opportunities to expand the midd...
Authorities say it was a case of self-defense when an 86-year-old Bellingham man stabbed another man at the Shamrock Motel.Wh...
A bill being considered by a House committee would ban "conversion therapy" for youth in Washington.Conversion ther...
State lawmakers will take up legislation toady aimed at improving employee health.The House Committee on Labor and Workforce ...
Governor Jay Inslee's budget blueprint for the next two years includes elimination of certain tax breaks and renewal of t...
A public hearing is set for next week at the capitol on a bill that would require insurance companies to offer plans that cov...
The Washington Department of Health is warning parents about the risks of giving kids live chicks and ducklings this spring.H...
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene says the budget proposed by the Republican-controlled House would take the nation in the wrong di...
Washington's latest revenue estimate predicts a budget shortfall of $1.25 billion.The deficit reflects the difference...
Whatcom County ranks as the fifth healthiest in the state for the second year in a row.According to new data from the County ...
An Amtrak spokesperson says people are more likely to commit suicide-by-train in places like the Northwest, where tracks ofte...
The Republican-controlled State Senate has unveiled a new proposal that would lower tuition at state colleges and universitie...
Federal healthcare reform keeps moving ahead here in Washington.The "Puget Sound Business Journal" reports that the...
A state youth study shows more kids may be engaging in sexual behavior and suffering from depression.The Washington Departmen...
If you need to enroll your child in your individual health plan, now is the time to do it.Insurance Commissioner Office spoke...
Despite the state's budget problems, officials are making a new effort to get state health insurance to more needy kids.&...
An Anacortes man is accused of wielding a samurai sword during an argument with his girlfriend.Prosecutors have charged Curti...
Republican members of the Washington State House are calling for "economic and transportation reforms" before they&...
Bellingham’s Community Food Co-op is giving more money than ever to local food and farming projects.The co-op’s f...
A bill that would ban the death penalty in Washington is being considered by a House committee.Seattle Representative Reuven ...
A new statewide poll shows most voters in Washington oppose higher taxes on gasoline and car tabs.The Elway poll of over 400 ...
A local group applauds the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in Congress.Jenn Mason with Whatcom County Domes...
State officials say now is the time to apply for a pre-existing condition or pay the price later.The Washington Insurance Com...
New proposed legislation in Olympia could change the tax status of the Northwest Washington Fair.The Senate unanimously appro...
The Washington State Senate is currently considering a proposal to close the state's fixed-benefit pensions for employees...
How do our Representatives in Washington D.C. rate when it comes to environmental, public health and energy issues?The League...
A congresswoman visiting Whatcom County says immigration reform may be finally at hand.1st District Democrat Suzan DelBene wa...
About two-thirds of Washington state residents support Medicaid expansion.That is what a new Elway survey commissioned by the...
Boeing engineers who are members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace vote to accept the company...
Whatcom County’s largest provider of mental health services is hosting a community forum on mental illness and public s...
A bill that's winding its way through the state Legislature would ban employers from asking job applicants for their pass...
Governor Jay Inslee is pushing the state Senate to put an abortion-related bill up for a vote.The Democratic governor told a ...
Whatcom County's 9th annual Free Kids Dental Exam and Sealant Day is this Saturday.Each year, the Mount Baker Dental Hygi...
The state Legislature is making efforts to increase penalties against sex traffickers.Senate Bill 5488 would impose a $5,...
A measure being considered in the state Legislature involves drug testing for welfare recipients in Washington.The bill, whos...
Leaders from around Whatcom County are coming together to talk about the issues that affect our small cities.The public is in...
A Lummi man will serve 14 years in prison for molesting young children.42-year-old David James pled guilty in October for sex...
Governor Jay Inslee announced a plan he hopes will help make a dent in Washington's unemployment rate.The governor's ...
2nd District Representative Rick Larsen applauds the Senate passage of the Violence Against Women Act and calls on the House ...
A council tasked with finding out why some groups have more health problems than others has released a new action plan to hel...
There's word that the brother of Josh Powell has committed suicide."The Salt Lake Tribune" reports that 30-year...
Advocates in Olympia say a controversial piece of legislation is necessary to guarantee women’s healthcare rights.Suppo...
The State Senate held public hearings last week on three proposed constitutional amendments that would require two-thirds of ...
Officials at Eatonville Middle School say a 13-year-old student has been expelled after he was found to be carrying a so-call...
A Pierce County lawmaker wants to curb illegal activity at rental properties.State Senator Mike Carrell of Lakewood says his ...
Authorities say a confessed Alaska serial killer's suicide note has left them few clues on the whereabouts of the man'...
In his first comments on this year's state Legislature, new Governor Jay Inslee says minority Republicans who now control...
Senate Democratic leader Ed Murray has introduced a new bill to help immigrant children succeed.The proposed Washington Dream...
The Republican-led State Senate has passed three bills that backers say would improve Washington’s state-run workers co...
A bill that passed out of the State Senate Commerce and Labor Committee yesterday would allow employers to pay some new hires...
A bill that would extend the statute of limitations on cases involving child sexual abuse is being heard in the Senate Law an...
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg tells "The Seattle Times" he will challenge a judge's ruling that he can&...
A state proposal to require insurance companies to pay for abortions packed a public hearing in Olympia yesterday.The controv...
New numbers from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the pay gap between men and women in Washington is one of the w...
A King County Superior Court judge rules that prosecutors can't seek the death penalty against a man and a woman accused ...
The author of Washington's landmark payday loan reform law is condemning an attempt to loosen restrictions on what she ca...
State lawmakers resume debate on Washington's law regarding paid leave, which has been postponed numerous times since it ...
Local immigrant rights advocates say they are encouraged by immigration reform proposed this week in the U.S. Senate.In addit...
The Community Organizing Group for Health in conjunction with the Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancementis asking the public...
It's possible that if you were at Sea-Tac Airport in Washington State during the late morning or afternoon of January 18,...
Officials here in Washington are moving fast to set up a new health insurance marketplace under federal healthcare reform, bu...
The state Department of Health is putting a Bellingham health care assistant’s license on probation for abusing prescri...
Whatcom county's two representatives in the U.S. House voted different ways on a bill that extends the government's c...
Prescription pain medication overdose deaths are significantly down in Washington.The state Department of Health announced ye...
Several Democrats in the state Legislature are working to make sure that abortions stay covered by insurance when federal hea...
The Bellingham community is mourning the loss of one of its finest.Local officials say that former Bellingham Police Chief Jo...
A group of physicians wants the Washington Legislature to pass a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe epinephrine to sc...
Jay Inslee takes the oath of office, becoming Washington's 23rd governor.Inslee tells a joint session of the Washington L...
Washington's jobless rate dropped a little last month as more people ran out of unemployment benefits and gave up looking...
The start of the 2013 state legislative session on Monday also marked the 100th anniversary of the first female legislators i...
A man who was convicted in 2004 of sexually molesting a five-year-old girl is free pending retrial.The Washington State Supre...
Students and volunteers from a Western Washington University Community Outreach Program were honored for their work in the Em...
Republican State Senator Doug Ericksen from Ferndale is responding to Democrats’ criticism of the GOP takeover of the s...
Bellingham is seeing an increase in demand for highly skilled professionals.Mary Beth Evans with Robert Half International Jo...
Liberal and religious groups are getting ready to counter a planned Gun Appreciation Day in Seattle and elsewhere two days be...
Democratic state Senator Kevin Ranker says he's concerned that the recent Republican takeover of the state senate will ac...
A state Department of Revenue report just out shows that Washingtonians are paying less in state and local taxes than in rece...
Congressman Rick Larsen says he supports the compromise tax agreement passed last night to avoid the so-called "fiscal c...
The flu has already claimed the lives of three people in Washington State.The State Department ofHealth reports this week tha...
Lynden's Project Hope got a boost this holiday season thanks to customers of the Taco Time Northwest Restaurant in Lynden...
An analysis of the current struggle for control of the Washington State Senate is being compared to a similar situation in 19...
The latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show Washington was among the top ten states in population growth in the past ...
Army prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty for Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who's accused of murdering 16 ci...
The man who will have to work with departing Governor Christine Gregoire's final state budget says only that the budget r...
The Washington State Patrol is warning people that reports of calls asking for donations to support the Amber Alert program a...
Senator Maria Cantwell is calling Friday's school shooting in Connecticut "heartbreaking."She released a statem...
Local cops who need language translation on their beats can no longer rely on U.S. Border Agents.The Department of Homeland S...
The latest U.S. Census Report for the first time ever reveals big financial differences between some of the smaller communiti...
Bellingham School District Superintendent Dr. Greg Baker is reacting to the tragic news out of Newtown, Connecticut.He posted...
Two dozen suspected criminals are in custody following a 10 hour multi-agency warrant enforcement sweep in Whatcom County.A t...
A Lynden man is being held on half a million dollars bail charged with kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl.According to ...
At least some doctors think a new cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system as a weapon might just be the long ...
The office of the state Superintendent of Public Instruction says marijuana use at schools has been rising ever since pot bec...
Gay and lesbian couples across Washington got married yesterday, the first day same-sex partners could legally tie the knot a...
Washington's Insurance Commissioner says a data breach at Nationwide Insurance and Allied Insurance could affect up to 20...
A generic Canadian version of a popular drug has local officials on guard.Whatcom County Police and border agents are heeding...
The Bellingham City Council has adopted changes to the city's marijuana laws now that voters in our state have legalized ...
Senator Patty Murray says middle-class Americans need to be ready to risk going over the so-called 'fiscal cliff' on ...
The Washington Department of labor & industries has announced there will be no overall increase in workers’ compensatio...
New marriage certificates in Washington are being revised to match our state's new same-sex marriage law.Marriage certifi...
Starting this Thursday, one month after Washington voters approved Washington’s marriage equality law, same-sex couples...
Washington's voter-approved same-sex marriage and marijuana-legalization measures take effect this Thursday."The Eve...
If you’re thinking of donating to charity this holiday season do your homework.While state officials acknowledge that W...
A non-partisan research organization in Washington D.C. says families in our state would be least hard hit by the fiscal clif...
The state Department of Ecology has adopted rules for a new recycling program so people can safely dispose of their burned-ou...
Should the words "husband" and "wife" be removed from marriage certificates now that voters in our state ...
A Skagit County couple accused of homicide by abuse in the death of their adopted teenage daughter are scheduled for arraignm...
The Whatcom County Council is holding a public hearing tonight to discuss the proposed county budget for next year.County Exe...
A new ruling on state pensions could end up wrecking the state's delicately-balanced budget.Thurston County Superior Cour...
It turns out that Costco's new Chief Executive, Craig Jelinek, was one of the corporate executives who spoke to President...
A 31-year-old man is recovering after police say his girlfriend hit him with a marijuana bong at a home in Bellingham.The inc...
Same-sex couples who have waited for years to get married now have a firm date.Secretary of State Sam Reed says he will certi...
Attorneys who've questioned Afghans who say they witnessed the killings of 16 Afghan civilians now claim that more than o...
Local gay marriage advocates are celebrating now that Washington's ballot measure legalizing same-sex marriage appears to...
A conservative think tank says the approval of a supermajority for tax increases in our state sends a clear message that lawm...
Washington’s Referendum 74 allowing marriage for same-sex couples was still too close to call with 52 percent approval ...
A local group is marking this Veteran's Day weekend with an event in Bellingham to help vets get the benefits they deserv...
First District Congressional candidate John Koster's opponent says the Republican's recent comments about rape reveal...
The latest University of Washington/KCTS-TV poll shows Democrat Jay Inslee with a 49-46 percent lead over Republican Rob McKe...
A Ferndale man has been convicted of animal cruelty charges after authorities seized 48 dogs from his home.Kenneth Cassel was...
Brad Pitt is putting his money where his mouth is.The Hollywood star and longtime advocate for same-sex marriages, has pledge...
President Obama is throwing his support behind R-74, the state ballot referendum that would uphold the same sex marriage law ...
A new statewide poll shows Republican Rob McKenna with a 47 percent to 45 percent lead over Democrat Jay Inslee in the race t...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife are donating $500 thousand to the campaign seeking to have Washington's ...
A new statewide independent poll shows Democrat Jay Inslee and Republican Rob McKenna are tied in their race for governor.The...
As voters in our state fill out their ballots, the Justice Department is making sure that no voter is discriminated and no vo...
Two men who lived in Whatcom County are among the more than 1,200 volunteers who were banned from the Boy Scouts because of s...
A new statewide opinion poll shows Republican Rob McKenna gaining ground on Democrat Jay Inslee in the governor's race. T...
Nordstrom has jumped into the gay marriage fray.In a companywide memo, Nordstrom president Blake Nordstrom writes the luxury ...
The efforts for and against Referendum 74 to reaffirm Washington's new same-sex marriage law both have new support."...
A new study says 25 years of marijuana arrests costs Washington State more than $300 million.According to "The Seatt...
Questions surround the restrictions placed on a man charged with sex crimes in Canada who currently lives in Bellingham.Forty...
A mental health and addiction treatment center in Burlington has a new program to get bullies to change their ways.The Follma...
The mayor of Bellingham has proposed a budget that she says will get the city to stop deficit spending by the end of 2014.May...
With the November election just under a month away, it looks like Washington voters are ready to approve Referendum 74 to kee...
A new statewide poll is giving President Obama an even bigger lead over his GOP rival Mitt Romney than he had over John McCai...
Saying it still can't find all the specialized workers it needs here in the U.S., Microsoft is asking Congress to charge ...
A federal judge in Tacoma is allowing a long-delayed class-action lawsuit against Costco to proceed.The plaintiffs allege tha...
The continuing budget stalemate in Congress still threatens Boeing's massive Air Force refueling tanker project.Most of t...
One of the early reforms of the Affordable Care act, or "Obamacare," starts this week that will affect everyone you...
A Whatcom County man who sexually assaulted a disabled woman is being sentenced to time served.Fifty-four-year-old David Wayn...
Washington's 2nd District Representative has introduced a bill that would make it easier for people without a photo I.D. ...
Washington's obesity rate ranks among the top 30 in the nation, according to a new report released by Trust for America&#...
Police want the public's help as they look for two robbers who beat and tied up a Bellingham man before ransacking his ho...
State health officials say there have been four cases of West Nile virus diagnosed in Washington so far this year, compared t...
A Tacoma man who has been imprisoned in Nicaragua for more than two years is set to be released after his conviction was annu...
A new statewide poll on the Washington governor's race, conducted by SurveyUSA, shows Democrat Jay Inslee holding a lead ...
A soldier based at Joint Base Lewis McChord faces charges that he sexually exploited teenage girls.A State Patrol spokesman s...
Same-sex marriage Referendum 74 has picked up another endorsement.It's from the diverse immigrant rights group OneAmerica...
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office says investigators have not determined why Robert Endrizzi fired shots at neighbors...
Washington's senior U.S. senator, Patty Murray takes front and center at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte,...
Whatcom County Sheriff’s Deputies are thanking the community for their help in locating a dangerous suspect.Thirty-two-...
Bellingham Police have arrested a juvenile suspected of sexually assaulting a barista.Police spokesman Mark Young says the 17...
Bellingham police capture a suspect who sexually assaulted a barista.Spokesman Mark Young says the suspect is a juvenile and ...
The Lummi Nation is getting a federal grant to help monitor sex offenders.The U.S. Justice Department has awarded more than &...
Experts say this year's midwest drought is going to bring higher food prices to the Puget Sound area.The Seattle Times qu...
Bellingham Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a sexual assault suspect.Police spokesman Mark Young says...
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man they say could be a danger to the community.Thirty-two-year-ol...
A Hispanic man who said it was "unfair" that he got kicked out of the Northwest Washington State Fair was in violat...
A local group is planning a peaceful protest march this week against the new security policy used at last week's Northwes...
Northwest Washington Fair organizers are saying that hot weather, and not the added security, likely kept fair attendance dow...
A new report from the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention shows 26.5 percent of Washington state's populatio...
The Washington State Office of Financial Management issues a report saying legalization of marijuana could bring many million...
Many people in the state won't see any health insurance rebate.For the first time, federal law requires health insurance ...
Whatcom County is launching a new program to provide transportation to eligible low income veterans.The program matches each ...
One of the perks of living in Bellingham during summertime is all of the opportunities to get out and enjoy our lakes and riv...
A state review of the suspicious overdose death of a seven-year-old Monroe boy shows social workers followed procedures to pr...
An element of the federal Affordable Care Act takes effect today, containing provisions primarily covering preventive care se...
Opponents of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church protests have a new tactic here in Washington State.Volunteers mobili...
A Whatcom County program that makes homes more affordable could be reduced after the county council refused a proposal to exp...
Opponents of the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church protests have a new tactic in Washington State.Tacoma's "New...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is opening his wallet wide to support gay marriage.With his wife, Bezos has pledged two-point-five-...
The price tag to retry former death row inmate Darold Stenson in Clallam County Superior Court could top$1 million.Accord...
Bellingham City Council has approved an alternative to the proposed Bellingham Community Bill of Rights.The advisory measure ...
The price tag to retry former death row inmate Darold Stenson in Clallam County Superior Court could top a million dollars.Ac...
The husband and daughter of a home healthcare program client will serve jail time soon for stealing nearly $112,000 from ...
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna is joining the Federal Trade Commission is warning people about a new wave of healthc...
Whatcom County's population continues to show sluggish growth.The county grew by only 0.69 percent over last year accordi...
A level three sex offender has registered a new address in Whatcom County.Matt Lathrop with the Whatcom County Sheriff’...
Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna says while he's disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court rulin...
Washington politicians are reacting to yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court Decision to uphold most of the healthcare reform la...
A new poll of 500 Washington residents shows most of those questioned oppose the Obamacare provision that requires people to ...
A manufactured home goes up in flames leaving one person dead in the Paradise area.Firefighters and Whatcom County Sheriff&rs...
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington has introduced a new bill this week to help veterans get better access to mental health ...
A new lawsuit says the state Department of Social and Health Services left six children in a brutally-abusive home near Feder...
A Franklin County Superior Court judge grants a preliminary injunction against a $0.15 per smoke tax on roll-your-own cig...
U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen is speaking out in favor of yesterday's Supreme Court decision against most of Arizona's...
A standoff with a potentially armed suspect caused the sheriff's office to re-route traffic east of Ferndale Saturday aft...
A couple of America's most wanted fugitives were captured by local law enforcement yesterday morning.A Whatcom County She...
A new Elway Research poll shows GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney gaining support in Washington state but still trailing...
A local grocer says it’s now home to the largest solar energy array in Whatcom County.Community food Co-op general mana...
A new poll is indicating that Washington's gubernatorial race is now a dead heat.The Elway Research poll of 408 voters ac...
The father of Ian Stawicki, the gunman who killed five people in Seattle before talking his own life last month, says his 41-...
The father of Ian Stawicki, the gunman who killed five people in Seattle before talking his own life last month, says his 41-...
A Coalition of Local Cooperatives has declared this Saturday the "Co-op Day of Action" in an effort to attract volu...
An AMBER alert is cancelled now that three children from Marysville have been found safe in Montana.The Drakeford children ar...
Acivil commitment trial is underwaythat could keep a Mount Vernon man with multiple rape convictions in custody indefinitely....
The Washington Secretary of State's Office announces Referendum 74, which asks voters to accept or reject the law that le...
The Whatcom County Council, acting as the County Board of Health, will look at a plan today aimed at making the county a heal...
KGMI has more information about a Bellingham man's connection in a big child pornography ring busted by federal authoriti...
A man who worked as a substitute bus driver for the Issaquah School District is one of eight suspected northwest sexual preda...
A Bellingham man has been swept up in an international investigation of a child pornography ring.Twenty-eight-year-old Nichol...
In-state students will be paying more to attend the University of Washington.The university Board of Regents has approved a 1...
About 220 state laws approved by the Washington Legislature earlier this year are now in effect.One of those laws, which targ...
Bellingham voters will see a property tax levy to pay for low-income housing on the ballot this November.The city council una...
Gay marriage is on hold in Washington state.That's after opponents of same-sex marriage today submitted an estimated 232,...
Gay marriage is on hold in Washington state.That's after opponents of same-sex marriage today submitted an estimated 232-...
As officials confirm a Western Washington University student found dead over the weekend took his own life, a local psycholog...
Western Washington University officials have issued a campus advisory about the death of a student.Friends and family of Char...
A test that can prevent prescription drug abuse used by PeaceHealth laboratories like the one here in Bellingham is now avail...
The now-dead Seattle man accused of killing six people including himself yesterday had purchased at least six handguns.Police...
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Bellingham workers overall earn five percent less than the national av...
Both the guardian and the biological father of the boy who took a gun to Armin Jahr Elementary School in February are in jail...
The U.S. Border Patrol is not among the local, state and federal law enforcement agencies invited to attend a Friday meeting ...
The Bellingham City Council Monday discussed putting a levy on the November ballot to pay for low-income housing programs.The...
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna is using his position as head of the National Association of Attorneys General to urg...
State health officials say more Washingtonians are receiving inoculation against pertussis, also known as whooping cough.No d...
The recent suicide of Western Washington University student Timothy Crossan has been devastating to the community at Western ...
AU.S. Armysoldierwho served under the command of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord unit in Iraq could face the death penalty if conv...
Animal Control Officers recovered 21 dogs from deplorable conditions in a Bellingham home on Wednesday.The Bellingham Herald ...
The mother of the nine-year-old boy involved in the Armin Jahr Elementary School shooting has taken a plea deal and will test...
A level three sex offender has registered a new address in Whatcom County.Matthew Luke Humphreys is now living in the 4500 bl...
The City of Bellingham spelled out its legal options over medical marijuana this week.In a report to the city council, acting...
An advocacy group is saying local border patrol agents called in solely to translate for Spanish speakers, are questioning an...
The woman accused in a three-state killing spree will not face the death penalty if convicted in the murders of an Everett co...
Illegal drugs are pouring into Washington, but the state is in a financial crunch, so komonews.com reports law enforcement is...
In contrast to violence in Seattle, it was a day of peaceful resistance in Bellingham…About 200 people gathered in Mar...
The Occupy movement's "May Day" protests turn chaotic in downtown Seattle.People dressed in black and wearing m...
A police officer and minister from Texas will be speaking in Lynden this morning on the topic of church safety.Jimmie Meeks s...
A U.S. Congressman is saying farmers in Whatcom County and other parts of the district he represents don’t want e-verif...
A report from a University of Washington group says few Washington residents realize they're breaking the law by shopping...
Governor Christine Gregoire has signed Washington's one-billion-dollar capital budget.She says it will create tens-of-tho...
Attorneys for a couple charged in the accidental shooting of a young girl by a classmate at Armin Jahr Elementary School in B...
The Catholic Church wants to overhaul the largest umbrella group for nuns in the United States, and it has picked Seattle Arc...
A new report says an increase in Customs and Border Protection agents is creating a climate of fear for racial minorities liv...
US Customs and Border Protection is responding to the recent report accusing the agency of racial profiling.The Blaine sector...
The death of a Western Washington University studenthas beenruled a suicide.Timothy Crossan, 19,died from massive injuries to...
A man who fired a rifle inside his Bellingham apartment is in custody after a 3-hour police standoff last night. Just after 4...
State officials are releasing copies of petitions that forced a vote on a 2009 domestic partnership law.The Washington State ...
