A Whatcom County man has been charged with multiple felonies in Whatcom County Superior Court.

BELLINGHAM -- In Whatcom County, justice comes slowly. Out of 111 cases supposed to go to trial on a recent day, all were postponed to a later date. The court clerk's office is flooded with 7 tons of ...

Whatcom County Superior Court appears set to get additional judges. Two bills, House Bill 1992 and Senate Bill 5828, passed by the Washington State Legislature just prior to adjournment of the 2024 ...

Whatcom County approved spending nearly $600,000 of federal relief funds to address the backlog of cases burdening the Whatcom County court system. The Whatcom County Council approved $598,319 for the ...

Whatcom County residents will vote to elect two Whatcom County Superior Court judges this year. Superior Court judges handle criminal, civil and appeals cases. It is the highest county court, before ...

On a split vote late Tuesday night, the Whatcom County Council agreed to ask a Superior Court judge to decide whether a citizen initiative to repeal the countywide child care tax can appear on the Nov ...

After less than a month on the bench, newly elected Whatcom County District Court Judge Jonathan Rands has found himself in the middle of a legal battle with the Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney’s ...

Whatcom County, Wash., District Court Judge Jonathan Rands was sworn into office Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Janise Rands Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald Whatcom County’s newly-elected District Court ...

A Bellingham man who kidnapped a woman and held her at gunpoint was sentenced to more than six years in prison in Whatcom ...

BELLINGHAM — A law named after a Whatcom County woman injured by a drunken driver in 2007 was overturned by the state Supreme Court. The Bellingham Herald reports Hailey’s Law was overturned Thursday.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The battle over water rights has been raging in Whatcom County for 20 years. Now, slow progress in negotiations has many worried it could last twenty more. The potato seeds growing ...