Indoor gardeners aren’t affected by the change of seasons. If it’s cold, turn up the heat. If it’s dark, use better lighting.

The Washington State Patrol issued an Amber Alert Saturday morning, Dec. 27, for a 14-year-old Lummi Nation girl. Cheyanna Howell left Bellingham around 2 a.m. Saturday with another individual in a ...

On June 20, according to documents the Standard obtained through a public records request, the Office of Financial Management signed a $40,000 contract with Chiedza Nziramasanga of Transformative ...

The repairs to SR 530 are expected to take a month, and drivers should expect delays. Transportation crews have reopened 90 highways and roads that were damaged or had water over the roadway during ...

Super Duper Teriyaki is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The last day flood survivors in Skagit County can fill out an initial damage assessment form is Monday, Dec. 29. The form is a critical step in potentially receiving disaster aid.

In 2023-24 at Samish Elementary, only 21% of students were consistently showing grade-level knowledge. The next year, that number jumped to 44%. School officials credit targeted efforts by teachers ...

It’s unclear if the federal government will approve Washington’s major disaster declaration. If it doesn’t, the state and local communities will be on the hook for clean-up and recovery efforts. Even ...

You’ve been Opus’ director for about nine years. When did the ‘Nutcracker’ tradition come about? When I first started at Opus, we were a pretty small school, and I wanted to make sure that when we ...

The resulting cookbook is “a celebration of people and cuisines from around the world, infused with the aromas of epazote and cardamom, the tang of fish sauce, the heat of chile peppers, and the bite ...

SUMAS — More than 100 children in flood-hit communities received gifts and bags full of stocking stuffers on Christmas Eve as part of the nonprofit Whatcom Strong’s efforts to help families recover ...

By December, CDN staffers were in a daze, wondering how 2025 had moved so quickly. We estimate we’ve published at least 2,500 stories this year, ranging from deadly serious topics like recent historic ...