4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1092+ words) And even if it was, that didn’t seem to be an issue. “We’ve never really enforced people that go to Costco and buy a tub of ice cream and buy a tub of ghee or whatever — that’s always been popular,…...

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, 4+ day ago   (528+ words) For Jamie Wurtz, owner and operator of the Bellingham-based fishing vessel Paragon, when he goes to fish salmon off the coast of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, he’s thinking about two things: fish prices and gas. It takes him nine…...

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…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (519+ words) When Bellingham’s waterfront redevelopment was introduced to our community, it represented far more than a construction project. It was an invitation to imagine something extraordinary: a once-industrial shoreline transformed into a vibrant, locally rooted district where small businesses, residents, visitors…...

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…...