However, the inside finish was damaged from weather blistering, and the slide has been closed since 2022, according to reporting by La Conner Weekly News. The city nearly gave up on the slide, but ...

Officials are working to clean up a diesel oil spill in Padden Creek near 12th Street in Fairhaven. The state Department of Ecology got a call around 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, about a “possible oil sheen ...

Today, the district has a wide range of programs, including a fitness center, continuing education classes and support for families qualifying for a federal nutrition program. It still owns most of ...

In August 2017, wildfires tore through the Cascades and turned the skies hazy with smoke. At Sarbanand Farms in Sumas, as temperatures rose and air quality worsened, hundreds of H-2A workers still ...

Optional: Take inspiration from the French and add crispy lardons or thick-cut bacon pieces to your breakfast salad. If cooking lardons or bacon, replace 1 tablespoon olive oil with 1 tablespoon bacon ...

The Sehome girls track and field team won its first-ever gold medal in the 4×1-mile relay at the Nike Outdoor Nationals, held June 19–22 at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

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

Neugebauer, 50, owns Forte Chocolate in Mount Vernon and is a master chocolatier. To earn that designation, one must excel at a range of treats: bars and bark, truffles, enrobed goods (such as ...

Earlier this week, Johnson revised her 2024 financial disclosure report to include the $9,231 grant her husband’s business ...

Spring is the sole artisan behind Phenix Threads, a Bellingham-based outdoor clothing and gear repair company that’s serious about creating a more sustainable outdoor industry. She entered the space ...

Whatcom County is hosting its first ever multi-departmental open house to give residents the opportunity to peek behind the ...

A Mount Vernon man pleaded guilty to the 2024 murder a 28-year-old man in late July. Jorge Vasquez, 43, admitted to killing James White during a fight in the early morning hours of April 14, 2024, ...