1+ day, 5+ 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, 12+ 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…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1199+ words) Five races for seats on Washington state’s nine-member Supreme Court are set to get much more attention over the next two months. These races typically pass by without much notice as incumbent justices often sail to reelection to the nine-member…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (310+ words) This election reporting is provided free to all readers as a public service by your locally owned Cascadia Daily News. Thanks for supporting truly local news by donating to CDN or subscribing here. After a two-day recount, with four votes…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (248+ words) Cleanup is ongoing after illegal shooters polluted Jackman Creek, a fish-bearing stream outside of Concrete, with gallons of oil and other automotive fluids. Almost 20 5-gallon buckets and some plastic jugs were removed from the creek by crews from the state…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (416+ words) The Lynden Tribune will issue a correction after publishing inaccurate statements about the results of this month’s primary election. The north Whatcom County newspaper printed two stories reporting the primary election results that erroneously stated incumbent Democratic state Reps. Joe…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1158+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With just over two months until the November midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court gave way Monday for President Donald Trump to have a hand in regulating mail-in ballots nationwide, a voting method he has falsely claimed is rife…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1699+ words) Washington cities and counties have paid more than $300,000 since 2025 in public records settlements for failing to release images from Flock Safety cameras. They were filed by one man who recently told Cascadia Daily News he wanted people in the communities…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1661+ words) During the Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) Board of Directors workshop on Aug. 6, a staff member reported fare revenue projections of $1.7 million for 2026 and $3.1 million for 2027. She said, “That does factor in a 2% decline in ridership on fixed route[s] for…...

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…...