“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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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.

The Washington State Department of Health has closed recreational harvest for all shellfish species in Skagit Bay, after samples show a continued rise in paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins.