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

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

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 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 ...

The County Council makes laws, appoints members of advisory committees and controls the purse through its budget authority.

Authorities say the suspect told people he was investing their money into cannabis stores but the businesses do not exist.

A Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office vehicle. Rachel Showalter The Bellingham Herald Whatcom County authorities recently arrested a woman for reckless burning for allegedly setting a truck on fire when ...

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 ...

Right now, almost every single patrol car in Whatcom County is equipped with a portable defibrillator that can save a life in ...

That ambition is being challenged by political newcomer Misty Flowers, a mother of three and the chair of the Whatcom County Republican Party. Flowers said she first got involved in politics at the ...

Whatcom County authorities have arrested three men after a report of a burglary and robbery at a Bellingham motel. The three suspects allegedly entered a motel room occupied by a man and woman July 27 ...