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Whatcom Transportation Authority’s decision to purchase eight diesel-powered buses has gotten pushback from some who find the move at odds with the county’s emissions goals.

How much tourism is too much? San Juan County sets a cap on vacation rental permits.

China’s 2018 steps back in accepting the world’s throw-aways have resulted in better local systems for managing our millions of tons of waste and recyclables—but more needs to be done.

Salish Sea festival brings baroque music played on period instruments out of the past for local audiences.

Our concept of the “deserving poor” needs to expand past attitudes mirroring 17th and 18th century mores that drive today’s ambivalent response to homelessness.

Public school districts are working with tribes to develop a crucial new curriculum on tribal sovereignty and treaty rights.

Climate change and global warming are front and center in the Museum of Northwest Art’s latest installation, “A Precarious Edge.”

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day is observed on May 5, and in an installation at the Lightcatcher Building through May 15.

Ecosystem conference: Advocates are promoting ‘rights of nature’ as orca numbers dwindle.

New parking rules—and fees—take effect May 1, but enforcement resources are low.

State funds have been secured for The Millworks, a multi-partner affordable housing project in Bellingham.

A Whatcom District Court judgeship will be contested in the primary for the first time in 24 years—prompting the question of why some judges are elected.

Messages from Indigenous youth with eyes on environmental justice and the future will be featured at a Mother Earth Day celebration presented by Children of the Setting Sun Productions at Bellingham’s Maritime Heritage Park on April 22.

Interested parties hope Solutions Table funding approved by the Whatcom County Council this week will spark collaborative work toward holistic solutions for water availability in the Nooksack River basin.

Entrepreneur and artist Shawn Kemp’s path has wound from designing and racing solar cars in high school to creating computer-generated art — with loops through the worlds of gaming and social media.

A local civic action group is hoping Bellingham’s next police chief will work to strengthen community cohesion and be transparent and accountable to the public.