A nudist park near Sultan is celebrating National Trails Day next month with a clothing-optional hike.
The road to Artist Point will be opened this summer, after being closed all of 2011 because of heavy and late snow.
The latest documents filed in the Homestead Northwest bankruptcy case indicate that little, if any, money will be available from the failed real estate development firm to pay investors or other creditors.
With perhaps 200 people cheering him on, Justin Therrien of Bellingham set an unofficial world record for passing the longest string in his nose and out his mouth in one minute.
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LUMMI RESERVATION - A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of homicide Tuesday, May 15, after an autopsy on his 6-month-old daughter revealed skull fractures and brain swelling.
Here's a look at Ski to Sea events. For more information, visit skitosea.com unless otherwise noted. All events are free, with optional costs at some events.
Local residents Matt Shepherd and Victor Valadez have updated the Ski to Sea application for iPhone, Android and Macintosh devices.
LUMMI ISLAND - A droopy dog on the roof of a geodesic dome led to a 911 call and a hurried response from seven Lummi Island firefighters Tuesday morning, May 15.
BELLINGHAM - The way Mary Kuebelbeck tells it, the 11th annual Welding Rodeo is the place to go for a hot time - two days when a spectator can see which competing team stays cool under fire and which melts under the pressure of having to turn piles of scrap metal into a thing of beauty in eight hours.
FERNDALE - City water customers are asked to avoid washing clothes or running hot water during the day while water mains are flushed in their neighborhoods.
BELLINGHAM - Military veterans can get help with their Veterans Affairs benefits from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 19, at the Bellingham Vet Center, 3800 Byron Ave., Suite 124.
The fate of the postal processing center in Everett, where mail to and from Whatcom County is handled, could be announced near the end of the week, said U.S. Postal Service spokesman Ernie Swanson.
Last year the Postal Service released plans to consolidate processing centers, including the one in Everett. Mail from Western Washington would go through a Seattle center instead, because centers in Tacoma and Olympia also were slated to close.
BELLINGHAM - Port of Bellingham Commissioner Jim Jorgensen joined Michael McAuley in agreeing to allow a public vote on whether to expand the commission to five members.
BELLINGHAM - City Council rejected a request from Haggen Inc. to rezone land east of the Fairhaven store, with council members saying they needed important information before they could consider rezoning the land.
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