Olympia oysters, a raindrop-shaped oyster no longer than a golf ball, used to take up an estimated 20,000 acres across Puget ...

Cascadia Daily News is hard at work setting the stage for this election, which is mostly hyperlocal in nature. With neither congressional nor state House or Senate seats in play, it’s all about nuts ...

Soccer, one of the most physically taxing sports, takes place on a field that can go as long as 120 yards and as wide as 80 yards. For this Whatcom County team, the players aren’t running the length ...

The seven-member county council failed to reach a recommendation this week on expanding the board to include community members and tribes, but is inching closer to proposing a 10-member board.

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A Cascade PBS/Elway poll found that disappointment crossed party lines, with those surveyed citing the budget, new taxes and his political ideology.

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An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck in eastern RussiaA tsunami advisory for the Washington coast and the Strait of Juan de Fuca coast was canceled at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. The coastal areas ...

The Washington State Department of Health has closed recreational harvest for all shellfish species in Skagit Bay, after samples show a continued rise in paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins.

Ferndale School District has made $6 million worth of cuts to its budget ahead of the new school year. That includes eliminating its longstanding program of paying for students’ school supplies.

For the last century, Boy Scout Troop 4019 has served the Bellingham community. Literal generations of boys and young men learned leadership and outdoor skills at the little cabin off Lakeway and in ...

Construction started this week on new aquatic invasive species check gates at the Bloedel Donovan Park boat launch on Lake Whatcom. The gates will enable the inspection of boats even during the ...