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A swollen Skagit River runs next to downtown Mount Vernon during the December 2025 flood. The city's location in the floodplain is one reason cited by the Mount Vernon City Council for temporarily banning data centers. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

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Gov. Bob Ferguson appointed a new member to Whatcom Community College's Board of Trustees. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)

A Lynden health care director will join Whatcom Community College’s Board of Trustees. 

Gov. Bob Ferguson appointed Tonja Myers, ...

Whatcom County Auditor Stacy Henthorn collects ballots that were sorted by the Agilis election mail sorting and processing system Nov. 4, 2024 in the Whatcom County Auditor's office. The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a case that could restrict the use of vote-by-mail ballots in Washington and other states. (Photo courtesy of the Whatcom County ...

The Washington State Capitol building rises behind the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner in July 2026 in Olympia. A new report from the state Department of Revenue says a pending income tax on high earners could bring in billions more dollars to state coffers than initially estimated. (

North Whatcom Fire & Rescue's Station 63 on Birch Bay Lynden Road was built in 1981 and has seen minimal improvements since then. The district received voter approval for a levy lid lift in August's primary election and some of the increased revenue will go to rehabilitating the station. (