Cascadia Daily News

11/15/2025

Meridian, Lynden and Sehome all advanced to the state semifinals, while Lynden Christian will play in a loser-out match Saturday after the opening day of 1A and 2A state volleyball today in Yakima.

Sehome and Lynden face off in the semifinals Saturday morning

11/14/2025

The City of Bellingham has been named in two lawsuits in recent weeks by people who were injured by car drivers on city streets in the past year. Both collision sites recently received infrastructure updates designed to increase safety.

Both collision locations were the sites of pilot projects to improve street safety

11/14/2025

For 40 years, a Fairbanks, Alaska-native worked in the maritime industry. Those decades of exposure to the region's water provided inspiration for the long shutter speeds behind photographs examining the “Blessings of the Waters” on display in Lynden.

CDN's weekly community profile

11/14/2025

The state Forest Practices Board has voted to approve a new rule that will require wider forested buffers around some mountain streams to keep the water clean and cool, a move the timber industry says will harm the state’s forest economy.

Rule could take 14K acres out of production in Whatcom, Skagit

11/14/2025

‘The bigger they get, the harder it is for someone else to come in’: the state regulation behind PeaceHealth’s expansion that critics say protects incumbents.

Through a state regulation, no opposition to the hospital’s expansion emerged

11/14/2025

As more Bellingham residents face food insecurity amid the government shutdown, Community Loaves "empowers local bakers to support their community with their own two hands, in this very tangible way."

Community Loaves volunteers bake hundreds of pounds of bread, cookies for food banks

11/14/2025

Nearly 300 Western Washington University staff, students and community members signed an open letter criticizing the administration's “extreme” budgetary decisions, particularly in student affairs.

Letter signed by nearly 300 staff, students, faculty, community members

11/14/2025

Skagit County Superior Court ruled police images captured by automated license plate reader cameras are public records. The determination rejected arguments made by the cities of Stanwood and Sedro-Woolley that would have denied some transparency into the widespread mass surveillance practice.

Records request made to increase public awareness of mass surveillance

11/14/2025

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11/14/2025

Whatcom County health officials are urging local poultry owners to protect their flocks after a die-off of 25 wild birds tested positive for avian influenza virus in the Wiser Lake area.

Announcement comes after a die-off of 25 wild birds in the Wiser Lake area

11/14/2025

Police arrested two Bellingham men Thursday morning in connection with an October murder.

Daytin Duronso-Harp died Oct. 18 after being shot in the head.

11/14/2025

Western women's soccer is headed to the GNAC championship game, while the Viking men were eliminated in the semifinals Thursday.

Viking men were eliminated in the semifinals by Seattle Pacific