Whatcom County

The second sighting of a so-called murder hornet this year was reported by a person in Whatcom County this week, the Washington state Department of Agriculture said Thursday.

The North Cascades Highway has reopened after wildfires forced its closure for nearly a month.

Hundreds of demonstrators lined the streets Wednesday around PeaceHealth in Bellingham supporting nurses who stand against the hospital’s requirement all healthcare workers receive a COVID vaccination.

For the first time since the pandemic started, Americans were finally allowed to cross the international border into Canada as long as they have been vaccinated.

Three men were convicted on Tuesday of distributing fentanyl disguised as oxycodone pills in Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties. 

A Bellingham woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to a terrorist attack and violence against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in northwestern Washington, while another Bellingham woman is scheduled to go to trial later this month.

The stabbing victim's girlfriend and the assailant share a child. The victim is currently under investigation by the Lake Steven's Police Department for assaulting the child.

Authorities say a 5-year-old child was left inside a car outside a Bellingham business in 95-degree temperatures Sunday.

"This is unacceptable. Point Roberts is a peninsula but the pandemic has made it an economic island."

As Washington prepares to fully reopen the economy this month, travel restrictions to Canada were extended again—this time for at least another month.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report regarding a late 2020 oil-train derailment and fire in a rural Washington town close to the Canadian border.

Communities on both sides of the U.S. – Canadian border are hoping rising vaccination rates could mean life may finally soon be returning to normal. On Tuesday, Governor Jay Inslee urged federal officials to consider an immediate full or partial reopening of the international border.

A rail union official reportedly told investigators that a fiery oil car train derailment north of Seattle late last year was caused by sabotage.

Thursday marks 14 months to the day that the Canada-Washington border closed due to pandemic.

Just as Washington state has entered Phase 3 of re-opening, our neighbors to the north are seeing a surge in coronavirus cases, prompting heavier lockdowns.

Two men were found dead inside a vehicle pulled from the Nooksack River on Tuesday morning, Ferndale police said. An early investigation points toward a traffic accident, nothing nefarious.