The Whatcom County Courthouse and jail in Bellingham. The new Whatcom County Jail has been a topic of conversation in Bellingham and beyond since its proposal over a decade ago. Discussions are ...

The 65-year-old was arrested in January 2022 after he admitted to his church pastor that he inappropriately touched the ...

Whatcom County selected Bellingham firms RAM and RMC for jail project design. Clark Construction joins local firms to lead jail and behavioral center build. New jail targets 2028 opening, funded by ...

Mental Health Court (MHC) is a therapeutic alternative to the regular legal system for people with serious mental illnesses.

The leader of an Everett-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced to 40 months in prison in Whatcom County Superior Court on Tuesday. Mikel Leandro Escandon Tibillin, 38, was arrested in ...

Killing a Sasquatch in Skamania County was originally punishable by up to $10,000 in fines and a maximum of five years in ...

Attendees of the two-day All Hands Whatcom summit -- including Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu -- participated in a reentry simulation. Hannah Edelman The All Hands Whatcom summit used reentry ...

Veteran council member Barry Buchanan, who was first elected in 2013, is seeking reelection to what would be his final stint on council, because of term limits. He’s opposed by Misty Flowers, a ...

Part two of three in our election-season series on what voters and candidates are talking about: Most candidates say they ...