The Bellingham Bells defeated the Wenatchee AppleSox 4-3 in a best-of-three series in the first round of the West Coast League playoffs at Joe Martin Field on Sunday, Aug. 10. “It feels really good,” ...

Two bakers at the Barkley Village Haggen Food and Pharmacy are decorating cakes and cupcakes with the visages of animals who’ve been at the Whatcom Humane Society for a while.

“It came out of nowhere,” Kohler said. “It kind of just went from zero to 60.” ...

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for northwest and west central Washington, including Whatcom and Skagit counties, starting at 2 p.m. today through 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Whatcom County sheriff deputies arrested Donald Malone, 61, from Custer, on suspicion of first-degree murder Thursday, Aug. 7. Malone turned himself into the sheriff’s office the same day, telling ...