Bellingham

Communities Police: Bellingham man arrested for threatening Inslee, Obama

By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 8:21 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 7:02 AM PDT

Police have arrested a Bellingham man accused of writing letters to a Washington state newspaper that contained threats to kill Gov. Jay Inslee, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama.

Communities Whatcom County gets a bit of a winter encore (Photo Gallery)

By Scott Sistek Published: Apr 13, 2013 at 10:56 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

It wasn't rain but snow showers that blanketed parts of Whatcom County early Saturday morning, courtesy of some chilly air filtering in from the Gulf of Alaska.

Communities Environmentalists: Coal trains already polluting Puget Sound (Video)

By Jeff Burnside Published: Mar 28, 2013 at 5:31 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:56 PM PDT

Environmental groups say they've discovered coal falling from trains into Puget Sound at an alarming rate - and they say it would increase five-fold if proposed coal export terminals are built.

Communities Canadian man sued for reselling Trader Joe's products (Video)

By Jeff Burnside Published: May 3, 2013 at 5:09 PM PDT Last Updated: May 3, 2013 at 7:16 PM PDT

A Canadian business owner who buys Trader Joe's products in Washington and resells them at his own "Pirate Joe's" store in Vancouver is being sued by the very grocery chain he depends on.

Communities Bellingham woman shot by masked man as she opens door (Video)

By KOMO Staff Published: Mar 7, 2013 at 12:35 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

A Bellingham woman was shot in the chest by a masked man Thursday morning as she opened her apartment door, police say.

Communities Young man dies after leaping from Bellingham falls

By Associated Press Published: May 7, 2013 at 8:48 PM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 8:48 PM PDT

A young man who drowned after jumping from a small Bellingham waterfall was a 16-year-old high school student.

Communities Vandals wreak havoc on Bellingham school (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Mark Miller Published: Mar 17, 2013 at 5:45 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

Vandals attacked a Bellingham elementary school overnight, forcing staff into emergency-cleanup mode on their day off.

Communities Police: Woman lied about masked man, shot herself

By KOMO Staff Published: Mar 8, 2013 at 6:33 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

A Bellingham woman who claimed a masked man shot her in the chest Thursday morning actually shot herself, according to police.

Communities Bellingham man burned in fatal fire is improving

By Associated Press Published: Apr 19, 2013 at 7:18 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

A Bellingham man severely burned when he tried unsuccessfully to save his sister from a mobile home fire is doing better at a Seattle hospital.

Communities Do you recognize this would-be Bellingham abductor?

By Michael Harthorne Published: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

The Bellingham Police Department has released two sketches of the man who allegedly tried to abduct two different women March 1.

Communities Arrest made in connection with Bellingham kidnapping attempts

By KOMO Staff Published: Mar 7, 2013 at 5:15 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

Police believe they've nabbed the man responsible for two recent attempted abductions in Bellingham.

Communities Bellingham police on alert after series of attempted abductions (Video)

By KOMO Staff Published: Mar 2, 2013 at 4:57 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

Police are investigating the attempted abductions of a teenage girl and young woman in separate incidents Friday in which their attacker sprayed them in the eyes with an unknown substance. The incidents followed two other attempted abductions just days before.