LOCAL

Francis oversees 19 operators; two other women on her team

By AUDRA ANDERSON Enterprise Reporter

March 22, 2023 at 5:50 a.m.


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WTD?

What’s the Deal With: Blaine’s Starbucks lighthouse?

It’s not a historical monument, but it is modeled after one

ELECTIONS

Sheriff candidate comes from inside the department

Undersheriff Chadwick has retiring Sheriff Elfo's endorsement

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ENVIRONMENT

What's next at the Intalco aluminum smelter?

Canadian company eyeing facility for future development

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LAW & JUSTICE

Set to retire, Whatcom sheriff still all business

Bill Elfo spent 49 years in law enforcement

LAW & JUSTICE

Man arrested for shots fired at Bellingham apartment

No injuries; multiple agencies responded

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TRANSPORTATION

PSE donates electric bus to Opportunity Council preschool

New bus aims to reduce emissions, increase electric equity

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HOUSING

Bellingham's invisible housing crisis: homeless children

City officials seek solutions to growing problem

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ENVIRONMENT

Cleanup 'wrapping up' at BNSF derailment on Swinomish Reservation

7-car train derailed early Thursday morning

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LAW & JUSTICE

Whatcom Sheriff Elfo to retire after 20 years

New sheriff will be elected this November

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BEYOND BARS: PART III

Most people in Whatcom County's jail are in crisis

Planners want social services in new lockup

SAFETY

Highway 20 reopens after multi-car crash near Oak Harbor

Northbound traffic diverted, southbound traffic turned around

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GOVERNMENT

Democrats meet constituents at Ferndale town hall

Lawmakers discuss police pursuits, affordable housing

LAW & JUSTICE

Fatal crash victim identified as Oak Harbor man

John E.Butz, 84, died in March 5 crash near Anacortes

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ENVIRONMENT

BP Cherry Point mulling green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel

Updated facilities could bring $1.5B to Whatcom over several years