Bellingham News

"Crossroads on the Columbia," a film about a community's response to a private venture to build controversial liquefied natural gas receiving terminals on the lower Columbia River near Astoria, Ore., will be screened Tuesday, July 7. The free event runs 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sustainable Living Center, which is above the RE Store at 2309 Meridian St.

Originally published July 2, 2009 at 8:36 p.m., updated July 2, 2009 at 9:39 p.m. BELLINGHAM, Wash.

Jonathan Doeden survived three tours in Iraq as part of the Navy Reserves. Now a fire at the Tremont Avenue home he shared with his wife and five children has left them without a place to live.

City Council members got a lot of feedback on a proposed law allowing construction of nine new housing types Monday, June 29.

The city of Bellingham is still trying to keep secret documents sought by the lawyer for the family of a woman killed by an Amtrak train at Boulevard Park.

One of the city's longtime Greek restaurants soon will be shutting down. Eleni and Jim Zourkos are ready to retire and do some traveling, so they will be closing Eleni's Family Restaurant after 25 years.

A wrongful death lawsuit that resulted from a 2006 car crash that killed a Bellingham teenager started trial in Whatcom County Superior Court this week.

Terminally ill Whatcom County residents who want to use the state's new Death With Dignity law to hasten their deaths are being encouraged to talk to their doctors, the Whatcom County Medical Society, and Compassion & Choices of Washington.

Oregon State has rehired Robin Ross to coach the Beavers' tight ends. Ross spent the past three seasons as the head football coach at Western Washington University.

The Bellingham School District's proposed 2009-10 budget includes millions of dollars in cuts, but also includes more funding for staff than previously expected.

Montana Man Hit by Semi in Washington AP News A Dillon man dies after being hit by a semi truck and a car while walking along an interstate in Washington.

A 22-year-old Montana man was walking along Interstate 5 at dawn on Saturday when he was hit and killed by a semi truck and a car, the Washington State Patrol reports.

Two teenage boys were assaulted in an apparent gang-related incident late Wednesday, June 17 outside of a house in the 4000 block of Eliza Avenue, said Mark Young, public information officer for the Bellingham Police Department.

A city plan that aims to transform a stretch of Samish Way into a walkable, mixed-use urban village will come before the Planning Commission for a public hearing this week.

Ryan Leaf appears in Whatcom County Superior Court in Bellingham, Wash., after being arrested by U.S. custom agents Wednesday while trying to enter the United States from Canada.

Bellingham Police are trying to figure out who sprayed herbicide on lawns, trees and bushes around the city.

Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, is looking to ship its garbage to Washington or Oregon after a landfill closes next year in the province.

When people think of "bondholders," they imagine tycoons. J.P. Morgan. Warren Buffett.

Nobody is to attack or berate anybody else Monday, June 8, during the community discussion over whether Bel-lingham should become a sanctuary city.

Wade King is forever a child. His friends are becoming men. But Wade always will be a boy, in the memories of those who love him and on the gravestone etched with the prayer he said each night with dad, Frank King.