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 ...

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

In 2024, 67 Washington Bee Atlas volunteers collected over 17,000 specimens on more than 600 different host plants . The project has identified at least 26 new or rare species in the state, with many ...

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, ...

“What we have here is a proposal granting Seattle lawyers and elected officials the authority to land grab Skagit County by condemnation,” Save Family Farming Vice President and Skagit dairy farmer ...

A lawsuit filed by a family against Bellingham Public Schools alleging Title IX violations and negligence has been settled.

Not every registered voter in Whatcom and Skagit will get a primary election ballot in the mail — and that’s not a mistake. Your precinct determines what is on your ballot, and whether you receive one ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...