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Fatal crash on SR-11 leaves one man dead, cause unknown
SKAGIT COIUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A Skagit County man was killed in a single-vehicle crash over the weekend. Washington State Patrol says that the driver, identified as 67-year-old Robert Schultz from Bow, WA, was heading north on Chuckanut Drive on the afternoon of Saturday, May 18. Schultz’s car crossed...
WA decides: Initiative 2117 to repeal the Climate Commitment Act
This article is one in a series looking at statewide initiatives on Washington’s 2024 November ballot. It would repeal a 2021 law, known as the Climate Commitment Act, which established the state’s cap and invest program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The measure also would bar state agencies from imposing any type of program involving […] The post WA decides: Initiative 2117 to repeal the Climate Commitment Act appeared first on Washington State Standard.
Washington woman who stabbed woman in throat while she slept in 2022 sent to prison
A Lynnwood woman will spend nearly a decade in prison for robbing a Bellingham woman she had recently met and stabbing her in the throat while she slept in July 2022. Johanna Paola Nonog, 23, was sentenced May 13 in Whatcom County Superior Court to nine years in prison, with three years probation, for one count of first-degree assault, for which Nonog entered a guilty plea the same day.
UPDATED: I-5 WSDOT concrete repairs in Bellingham expected to impact morning commuters
WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Washington State Department of Transportation workers have been working to replace concrete panels in the southbound lanes of I-5 in Bellingham since 6am on Sunday, May 19th. They announced this morning, Monday, May 20th, the work continues and can be expected to impact the morning commute.
Samish Indian Nation debuts first village in 125 years to 'bring the elders back home'
The Samish Indian Nation on Friday debuted a new affordable housing project spanning 2 acres of tribal land in Anacortes. The project, called Xwch'ángteng, contains 14 two-bedroom cottages that are ADA-ready, along with a new community center and playground. Samish tribal members who are seniors, disabled, and low-income will...
Meet Nacho – Pet of the Week
Submitted by the Animal Protection Society – Friday Harbor. Hi there, my name’s Nacho, and just like the delicious food I’m named after, you’re gonna wanna eat me up, I’m so cute! Other than my dashing good looks (I’m an orange tabby after all), I bring to the table the quintessential “bad boy vibes.” But not too worry, not bad like really bad, but more “bad” in the way that people so often like to take on as a project; “a fix-me guy,” if you will.
Scholarship benefitting 33 high school seniors honors the memory of Ethan Chapin
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A scholarship honoring the memory of Ethan Chapin, spearheaded by his family, is now benefitting dozens of high school students. A combined $50,000 was distributed to students in Chapin's name. He was a Mount Vernon High School alum who left his mark on the community.
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