Preliminary plans involve the Sheriff’s Office occupying the new building in stages, possibly beginning as early as summer.

Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office employees will no longer have to work in the jail basement, if the county council approves a more than $500,000-per-year lease for a facility in the Cordata ...

Whatcom County selected Bellingham firms RAM and RMC for jail project design. Clark Construction joins local firms to lead jail and behavioral center build. New jail targets 2028 opening, funded by ...

Construction of a planned permanent supportive housing project in Whatcom County can soon begin thanks to a recently ...

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

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

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 ...

Part two of three in our election-season series on what voters and candidates are talking about: Most candidates say they ...

Attendees of the two-day All Hands Whatcom summit -- including Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu -- participated in a reentry simulation. Hannah Edelman The All Hands Whatcom summit used reentry ...