Another set of laws went into effect July 1, including a much-decried 6-cent-per-gallon hike in the state’s gas tax. This ...

If you want someone who isn’t a career politician and who will listen to you, and if you’re tired of broken politics, I’m ...

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray pledges to block the $1.3 billion in cuts to NOAA, which would eliminate funding for the Pacific ...

Rounding to the nearest full cent, the average price for gas in Washington state was significantly higher at $4.39 a gallon, ...

The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction said students can finally take a “deep breath” now that the Trump administration is set to release $5.5 billion in public school funding ...

A North Carolina woman turned her $2 lottery ticket into a life-changing prize — and it’s not the first time. Licette Griffin of Greensboro recalled “buckling to the floor” after realizing she’d won a ...

On this evening, 125 years ago, the residents of what would one day be Bellingham gathered in celebration.

The orca named Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut by Lummi Nation and Lolita at Miami Seaquarium is recovering from an illness after PETA warned she was in dire condition.

Washington state traffic laws offer rules on lane changes, speeds, passing and other uses but drivers also should consider what is the courteous thing to do.

According to those rules, the functions of signs are to “provide regulations, warnings, and guidance information for road users.” If a sign doesn’t tell you the law, warn you of a hazard, or give you ...

Also, be off these Whatcom roads next week as road crews have started their seasonal chip-sealing work.

Question: Two questions — Is it illegal to have darkened forward windows in a car? Is it illegal to have oversized tires on a pickup truck such that the tires extend wider than the truck body? I see a ...