Bellingham
3 injured in Bellingham home-invasion robbery
BELLINGHAM -- Two masked men armed with a rifle invaded a home early Tuesday in Bellingham, tied up five residents and ransacked the house.Police were called by a sixth resident who managed to escape.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest
Everett homicide suspect arrested in Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- A man wanted in connection with an Everett homicide was arrested after he was caught shoplifting about $239 in clothing from a Bellis Fair mall store, police said.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News
Inbox: Rails, liquor, lean factories, Mount Vernon
Working on the railroad
Date: 05/10/2012 | Bizblog
Boat-building company picks Anacortes site
BELLINGHAM -- An Australia boat-building company has decided to open a facility in Anacortes rather than in Bellingham.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Man's body found in Bellingham's Whatcom Creek
BELLINGHAM -- Bellingham police are investigating after a man's body was discovered in Whatcom Creek Tuesday morning.Police said the man's body appears to have been in water for some time.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
2 bodies recovered at Bellingham marina
BELLINGHAM -- Divers recovered two bodies Thursday from sunken debris from a fire that burned boats and a boathouse at a Bellingham marina.The two have not been officially identified, but police said the families of Jim Langei, 43, and Sterling Taylor, 33, were notified.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Northwest
Clown caught trespassing on Bellingham RR tracks
BELLINGHAM -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe employees called police to report some clown was on the railroad tracks in Bellingham.A man dressed in a clown suit and two friends set up tables and a TV set Thursday afternoon for a photo shoot on the tracks.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Northwest
Crash near Bellingham kills Blaine man
BELLINGHAM -- The Washington State Patrol says a driver who had been drinking was speeding when his pickup truck ran off a road near Bellingham Thursday night, hitting a utility pole and killing his passenger.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Northwest
Wind knocks wall onto Bellingham construction worker
BELLINGHAM -- A Bellingham fire official says a worker was injured when a strong wind gust knocked a wall onto him at a construction site.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Northwest
Bellingham man accused of attacking ailing mom
PHOENIX -- A man from Bellingham is in custody for allegedly trying to fatally choke his mother while he was visiting her in a Phoenix hospital.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
2-year-old dies in shower with cousins in Deming
BELLINGHAM -- The Whatcom County sheriff's office and Child Protective Services are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who apparently drowned while taking a shower with his cousins -- ages 3 and 5 -- at a home near Deming.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
27-foot sailboat burns, sinks at Bellingham marina
BELLINGHAM -- A 27-foot sailboat burned and sank early Monday in its slip at the Port of Bellingham marina.The fire department said a nearby boat had started to burn about 2:30 a.m. when firefighters knocked down the flames.No one was injured.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
Whatcom County woman gets 4 years for impersonating dead mom
BELLINGHAM -- A Whatcom County woman who impersonated her dead mother in order to receive her mother's pension benefits has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
Anti-coal train campaign launched in Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- About 200 people turned out in Bellingham Thursday to launch their "Coal-Free Bellingham" campaign.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Northwest
Feds: Pharmacies sold used drugs
SEATTLE -- Pharmacies in Seattle and Bellingham have been targeted by federal investigators looking for evidence that potentially dangerous returned drugs were being resold to elderly and disabled patients without their knowledge.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Northwest
Boy, 10, dies in apparent accidental hanging
BELLINGHAM -- A 10-year-old Whatcom County boy has died from injuries he suffered during an apparent accidental hanging at his home.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Northwest
Bellingham officer injured in crash
BELLINGHAM -- A Bellingham police motorcycle officer crashed while make a turn Wednesday morning and was taken to a hospital with a leg injury.Police say a puddle of fresh oil may have caused the crash. No other vehicles were involved.The officer was returning to the police station at the time.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Northwest
Man's body found in Bellingham Bay
BELLINGHAM -- Police say there was no identification on the body of a man found Thursday in Bellingham Bay just off Boulevard Park in Bellingham.Police say there are no reports of missing people that match the man who appears to be in his 50s with a full beard.
Date: 01/05/2012 | Northwest
Group seeks to ban coal trains in Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- Ever since the plans for SSA Marine's coal shipping terminal at Cherry Point became public, city officials have been saying that they would have no direct control over the coal trains that would pass through the city if the Gateway Pacific Terminal is built.
Date: 01/02/2012 | Local News
Bellingham cleans park, Occupy to sue city
BELLINGHAM -- City workers have finished cleaning up a park where Occupy Bellingham camped for weeks, and protesters are vowing to sue after getting evicted.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Northwest
Arrest: Man accused of threat to blow up train
BIRCH BAY -- Whatcom County sheriff's deputies say they arrested a Birch Bay man accused of threatening to blow up a train that was blocking a road near the BP Cherry Point refinery.
Date: 12/13/2011 | Northwest
Salmon raised at Bellingham college donated to food bank
BELLINGHAM -- Weighing in at 1,300 pounds, 650 salmon raised by students at a Bellingham college are going to feed the hungry.
Date: 12/11/2011 | Northwest
Bellingham noise ordinance now covers turkeys
BELLINGHAM -- A noisy turkey is now just as bad as a barking dog in the eyes -- and ears -- of the Bellingham animal control officers.The City Council approved an ordinance Monday extending the noise complaint ordinance to roosters, turkeys and peacocks.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Northwest
Bellingham prevails in negligence lawsuit
BELLINGHAM -- After a five-week trial in Whatcom County Superior Court, the city of Bellingham prevailed in a lawsuit that sought $27 million for a woman who was paralyzed in a fall at a park.The Bellingham Herald reported that the jury awarded no money Thursday to Katti Hofstetter.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Injured woman seeks $27M from city of Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- A Whatcom County Superior Court jury began deliberating Wednesday in a lawsuit in which lawyers are seeking $27 million from the city of Bellingham for a fall at a park that paralyzed a young woman.
Date: 11/10/2011 | Northwest
Occupy protesters begin camping in Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- The Occupy Wall Street movement has arrived in Bellingham.
Date: 10/29/2011 | Northwest
Man severed own arm with guillotine, police say
BELLINGHAM -- Police in Bellingham say a man who walked into a medical clinic with his right arm severed indicated he cut his own limb off with a homemade guillotine.
Date: 10/28/2011 | Northwest
Cities juggle traffic-camera controversies
Traffic-enforcement cameras continue to make news, in Snohomish County and elsewhere. Here's some of what you need to know:Decision looming in Lynnwood
Date: 10/21/2011 | Need to Know
Bellingham man accused of selling security map
BELLINGHAM -- A Bellingham man is accused of selling Border Patrol maps to a man he thought was a drug smuggler.The Bellingham Herald reported that the maps showed the location of sensors and cameras along the Canadian border in Western Washington.
Date: 10/06/2011 | Northwest
2 killed in high-speed crash near Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- The Washington State Patrol says two people were killed late Friday when a motorist crashed his SUV into another car while erratically passing other vehicles at high speed on the Mount Baker Highway.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Northwest
Amtrak train clips car in Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- A Bellingham police spokesman says a northbound Amtrak train clipped a car near downtown Bellingham.Lt. Rick Sucee said the front end of the car was damaged Tuesday but no one was taken to a hospital. The car driver was cited for failure to yield.
Date: 09/06/2011 | Northwest
Whatcom County cougar trapped, tranquilized, moved
BELLINGHAM -- State wildlife agents have trapped a cougar that had been seen near homes in the Sudden Valley area of Whatcom County.The Bellingham Herald reported the cougar is a year-and-a-half old female that had been lingering near the carcass of a deer it had killed.
Date: 09/06/2011 | Northwest
Bellingham teachers vote to strike
BELLINGHAM -- Bellingham teachers voted Wednesday night to strike Friday -- a teacher work day -- if a contract agreement cannot be reached with the district.
Date: 09/01/2011 | Northwest
Traffic camera company loses suit in Bellingham to block city initiative
BELLINGHAM -- A judge's ruling Wednesday lets the Bellingham initiative restricting traffic-enforcement cameras proceed to the November ballot, but the camera company vowed to appeal.
Date: 08/17/2011 | Local News
Judge rules against red-light camera firm in Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- A Whatcom County Superior Court judge has denied a temporary request to keep a citywide initiative restricting traffic-enforcement cameras off the ballot.
Date: 08/04/2011 | Local News
Bellingham hound a 'Smurfs' movie star
BELLINGHAM -- Hank Hoey set out for New York with a contract already signed. He was going to act in his first major Hollywood movie, his big break.But he soon found that the life of a professional actor, the life of an artist, can grow wearisome and lonely.
Date: 08/01/2011 | Northwest
Cool summer just right for Whatcom County berry farmers
LYNDEN -- While many Whatcom County residents are wondering if warmer summer temperatures will ever arrive, local raspberry and blueberry farmers are loving the weather.
Date: 07/23/2011 | Northwest
Monroe plans advisory vote on traffic cameras
MONROE -- A vote should be on the ballot in November to offer nonbinding advice whether Monroe two years from now should renew a contract for traffic-enforcement cameras, the City Council decided Tuesday.
Date: 07/20/2011 | Local News
Bellingham voters to decide on traffic cameras
BELLINGHAM -- Bellingham voters will decide in November whether the city should have red light and school zone cameras automatically issuing tickets for traffic violations.The city council voted Monday to let an initiative go to the ballot.
Date: 07/13/2011 | Northwest
44 spikes removed from train tracks in Bellingham
BELLINGHAM -- Forty-four spikes were removed from train tracks in Bellingham, but railroad officials say they discovered the vandalism before any trains could derail.
Date: 07/12/2011 | Northwest
Bellingham bans disposable plastic bags
BELLINGHAM -- The Bellingham City Council has approved a ban on single-use plastic bags in an effort to cut down on litter and pollution.The ordinance approved Monday also requires retailers to charge customers 5 cents for each disposable paper bag issued, revenue that goes to retailers.
Date: 07/12/2011 | Northwest
Clinton woman, a suspect in Bellingham slaying, found alive on Langley beach with slit wrists
LANGLEY -- A Clinton woman was arrested this week in connection with a homicide in Bellingham.
Date: 07/08/2011 | Local News
Autopsy shows Bellingham woman was shot
BELLINGHAM -- The death of a woman found in a pool of blood in her Bellingham apartment is a murder case.An autopsy Wednesday showed that 32-year-old Kriston Dunya was shot in the chest.
Date: 07/07/2011 | Northwest
Trestle fire south of Bellingham shuts down train traffic
BELLINGHAM -- Fire has shut down a railroad trestle over Bellingham Bay about a mile south of Bellingham.Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas says there was no structural damage, but crews are replacing 210 feet of rail and 100 bridge ties on the 212-foot-long structure.
Date: 07/05/2011 | Northwest
Initiative to ban traffic cameras makes Bellingham ballot easily
BELLINGHAM - The citywide voter initiative against traffic-enforcement cameras received enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, Whatcom County Auditor Shirley Forslof said Thursday, June 30.
Date: 07/01/2011 | Northwest
Ferndale coal terminal plan needs all-new permit
BELLINGHAM -- Developers planning a coal export terminal at Ferndale need a new shoreline permit and can't just revise an existing permit for a cargo terminal at Cherry Point.
Date: 06/24/2011 | Northwest
Man arrested after fleeing police in stolen fire-station pickup
BELLINGHAM -- A man was arrested early Monday morning after he reportedly stole a truck from Snohomish County Fire District 26 in Gold Bar. His age and hometown were not available Monday.
Date: 06/20/2011 | Local News
Some Washington border residents irked with federal agents
BELLINGHAM -- A few residents increasingly frustrated by federal agents driving through their property near the U.S.-Canada border chained, and in some cases, locked their gates Thursday to stop the vehicles from coming on their land.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Northwest
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