Cascadia Daily News

01/04/2026

Grace DeHoog scored a game-high 22 points and 17 rebounds, and the Pioneers finished winter break with a 55-37 victory over Bellingham at home Saturday in Northwest Conference play.

Pioneers were led by Grace DeHoog's 22 points and 17 rebounds

01/03/2026

Ferndale’s Geirean Hatchett will return to the University of Washington next season after his waiver for a seventh season of eligibility was approved. He will rejoin his brother, Landen, on a veteran offensive line that was considered one of the best in the nation before injuries.

Geirean Hatchett gets seventh season of play, expected to reunite with brother Landen on offensive line

01/03/2026

President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. will “run the country” of Venezuela until “a proper transition can take place,” following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a stunning move conducted without congressional notice or approval.

Trump signaled other countries, such as Cuba, could face the same interventionist fate

01/03/2026

Hannah Green's January recipe duo proves that cranberries are not just for the holidays.

How to make cranberry white port cocktails, gorgonzola dolce tarte

01/03/2026

The Ag Water Board of Whatcom County hopes to file a motion to dismiss the controversial water rights lawsuit in the Nooksack Basin if given permission to do so.

The Ag Water Board aims to file three motions despite a stay order from the court

01/02/2026

Jessie Edgil provides her mending services for free. The opportunity to mend a quilt or an item of clothing is one way Edgil finds community in her new city.

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01/02/2026

Boy scouts around the region will be picking up Christmas trees from roadsides on Saturday, Jan. 3.

Scouts in Bellingham, Lynden, Ferndale, Blaine, Mount Vernon offering tree pickup

01/02/2026

Many in the community are demanding that Whatcom County revisit gravel removal on the Nooksack River, which was done commercially in the 1960s through 1990s. But experts say it's not the silver bullet it may appear to be.

River mining comes with permitting complexities, environmental impacts, limited efficacy

01/02/2026

Ragfinery has set its opening date for next Friday.

Textile reuse nonprofit's Forest Street location closed after a 2024 fire

01/02/2026

Bellingham-based Atmospheric River Rats, which started as a documentary bike film, has since expanded into a series of community-oriented enduro races. A new film is also in the works.

They have created new local riding opportunities, an international following

01/02/2026

Friday, Jan. 2, 2026 edition of Cascadia Daily News. Read online at https://replica.cascadiadaily.com/cascadia-daily-news or pick up a print copy.

01/02/2026

Plenty of attention is given to the big 9.0 magnitude likely to impact the Pacific NW in coming years. But other faults in NW Washington could produce their own damaging earthquakes, writes geologist Cliff Knitter, who lays out some likely local shaking scenarios in a Cascadia Daily News guest commentary.

Whatcom, Skagit residents should prepare now to survive and recover from a catastrophe