1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (755+ words) It’s been two years since Bellingham Public Schools signed a voluntary resolution agreement with the state’s public education office over how it handled a family’s sexual harassment case. In that agreement, Bellingham agreed to a range of updates and changes…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (366+ words) Former City of Bellingham employees are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their lawsuit against the city after they were fired in 2021 for refusing to receive vaccinations for COVID-19 despite a mandate. The 18 employees, including police officers, emergency medical…...

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, 5+ day ago   (1727+ words) I began working in the Head Start program as a home visitor. Fifteen years later, I retired as an educational program coordinator. During my tenure, I worked with students, parents, teachers, special education teachers, K-12 teachers and administrators. The current federal…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (461+ words) In the basement of the Whatcom County Courthouse, canvassing board representatives sliced open plastic bags, pulling ballots out. Like Vegas poker dealers, the group of 16 fanned the ballots and split them in half. Each person, wearing plastic gloves and armed…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (498+ words) Whatcom County, its seven incorporated cities, the Port of Bellingham, both sovereign tribes and other public agencies are working to update a shared roadmap for economic growth, infrastructure investment and community resilience, called the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The…...