A private energy company has received a special use permit to construct a 200-megawatt lithium-ion battery energy storage system, or BESS, on industrial land west of Mount Vernon. The project, ...

In Mount Vernon, Boy Scouts will also be picking up trees on Saturday, and will dispose of them at the City of Mount Vernon’s ...

It was 12 months of quiet but extensive growth at the local Cascadia Daily News, which effectively doubled its output of ...

What the research has shown us is that faculty, particularly on college campuses, are gatekeepers of student wellbeing. We ...

While Washington saw more than 5% of farmland losses, about 824,000 acres, between 2017 and 2022, Skagit County saw a 2% ...

The National Federation of State High School Associations has changed five rules for the 2024-25 wrestling season, including ...

In the days since the fire, Ragfinery has raised more than $25,000 to pay staff through the end of January. Additional donations will be used to support baseline operations.

Comedian Mike Mathieu is somewhat of a legend in the Bellingham comedy scene. Longtime residents might remember him as ...

If people are interested in breaking a sweat or taking a walk in the fresh air, Civic Stadium’s track will be open every ...

For generations now, the Lincoln Theatre has been a mainstay for both entertainment and education, so much so that Morris refers to it as “Skagit Valley’s living room.” His future goals include ...

The last fish passage project completed on I-5 in Whatcom County was at Padden Creek in 2022. The $31.3 million project ...

First-time parents Marissa Wood and Sean Markham didn’t think their son would be the first baby born in Whatcom County in ...