Sophia Gates covers rural Whatcom and Skagit counties. She is a Washington State Murrow Fellow whose work is underwritten by taxpayers and available outside CDN's paywall. Reach her at ...

The seven-member county council failed to reach a recommendation this week on expanding the board to include community members and tribes, but is inching closer to proposing a 10-member board.

Soccer, one of the most physically taxing sports, takes place on a field that can go as long as 120 yards and as wide as 80 yards. For this Whatcom County team, the players aren’t running the length ...

Cascadia Daily News is hard at work setting the stage for this election, which is mostly hyperlocal in nature. With neither congressional nor state House or Senate seats in play, it’s all about nuts ...

The Northwest Washington Fair runs from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily Aug. 7–16. Gate prices are $15 for general admission, $13 for seniors (62-plus) and $10 for youth ages 6–12. Children 5 and under enter ...

Olympia oysters, a raindrop-shaped oyster no longer than a golf ball, used to take up an estimated 20,000 acres across Puget ...

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A Cascade PBS/Elway poll found that disappointment crossed party lines, with those surveyed citing the budget, new taxes and his political ideology.

For the last century, Boy Scout Troop 4019 has served the Bellingham community. Literal generations of boys and young men learned leadership and outdoor skills at the little cabin off Lakeway and in ...

On the subject of laughter, Skagit Drag’s “That Gay Comedy Show” is back by popular demand at the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon. This year, the one-night-only event promises “even bigger laughs, ...

BIPOC Walks, a program by and for people of color in Bellingham, is exploring the tidepools and marine life at Marine Park. The group meets together once a month and shares a potluck lunch after ...

Ferndale School District has made $6 million worth of cuts to its budget ahead of the new school year. That includes eliminating its longstanding program of paying for students’ school supplies.