Kari Mar is the editor and publisher of La Conner Community News, a nonprofit publication she helped get off the ground last year after the town’s weekly paper shut down.

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in November 2025 in Washington, D.C., was pepper-sprayed and robbed in downtown Bellingham months before purchasing the firearm used in the fatal ...

Floods have long been a fact of life for tribes in Whatcom and Skagit counties, shaping ancient stories and influencing the way they lived along rivers. But December’s flooding was a destructive ...

Registration for September’s Mt. Baker Hill Climb opened on Jan. 1, and spots for the 22-mile bike race are quickly filling ...

Jodi Joyce, the chief executive officer of the community health center Unity Care NW, will retire this year. The federally qualified health center (FQHC) will lead a search in the coming months for ...

Let’s face it: Birch Bay’s attempt to unseat the Norwegian town of Sola for the Guinness World Records polar bear dip record was doomed from the start. They are Vikings. We are not. Cold plunging is ...

Nooksack Valley drained nine 3-pointers to stave off Mount Baker, 73-54, in a physical rivalry game during Northwest Conference action Wednesday, Jan. 21 at Mount Baker High. “We did what we needed to ...

Port Townsend author Erica Bauermeister is a former guest on the Chuckanut Radio Hour, which has a 19th anniversary show on Jan. 29. (Photo courtesy of Susan Doupe) The Chuckanut Radio Hour has ...

Ferguson requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency open up over $21 million in federal assistance to help individuals affected by the flooding. The money is meant to help repair their homes or ...

During a public hearing Jan. 20, Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, D-Tacoma, cited a recent University of Washington report that revealed federal immigration authorities were accessing data obtained by automated ...

The 27-year-old driver of a Silverado is under investigation after the northbound vehicle crossed into the southbound lane ...

Finish line festivities organized by Whatcom Events still on, but downtown street festival will take a different approach ...