15+ hour, 25+ min ago   (347+ words) Months ago, I made a request to the board of directors for Northwest Youth Services — the largest provider of housing and services for at-risk youths 13–24 in the region — that it release its internal investigation into disgraced former chief executive Jason…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (343+ words) How could the leader of Canada, a country so exposed to potential American retribution, openly defy Trump? Why would Canada, of all American allies, take such a risk when others in Europe and Asia chose a path of flattery and…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (932+ words) Bellingham’s debate over development raises a larger political question: Who controls the story that data tell us? (CDN, Sept. 3, 2026) The report itself cautions that subsurface investigations reveal conditions only at the locations tested and that actual conditions can differ significantly....

6+ day, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (400+ words) A U.S. Senate committee hearing in late July subpoenaed Dr. Anthony Fauci, the physician, scientist and immunologist who served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022, and as chief medical adviser to President Donald Trump…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (424+ words) Thank you, readers, for this week I received my first questions for this column! It was an email with several good questions and one great one. “What is one civic habit that more people should have?” Once you have a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (449+ words) Immigration detainments in Whatcom and Skagit counties spiked in June compared to the other months of 2026, according to the latest data compiled by a group of researchers at the University of California. Federal immigration agents detained at least 54 people in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (896+ words) Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu’s proposed 2027-28 biennial budget attempts to find a balance between major cuts and countywide tax increases to fend off a multimillion-dollar deficit in the coming years. Deputy executive Kayla Schott-Bresler said the structure of government means…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (117+ words) Cascadia Daily News St. Joseph Catholic Church 5781 Hendrickson Avenue, Ferndale, Washington William James “Bill” Turnbull passed way on August 21, 20 26 in Bellingham, WA. An informal vigil prayer service with a time for sharing will be held on Wednesday, September 2 at 5:00 p....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (830+ words) The Right to Repair movement is still celebrating the passage in 2025 of Washington state legislation that supports electronics owners and small repair businesses, but there’s more to do, as advocates direct their focus nationally. Mitch Kramer, owner of FiXCO, an…...