If a person wants to claim remains after Skagit County has covered the cost of cremation, they have to reimburse the county, a fee that’s between $600 and $850. Private cremation without a service ...

Hanowell was 23 years old and living in Oregon on Jan. 7, 1997, when his mother, Clare Doerksen, called and said police told ...

The Port of Bellingham and Irish company Harcourt Development are breaking up after 10 years of grandiose ideas, broken promises and four buildings, two of which remain unfinished. Colloquially ...

A planned social services campus on Orcas Island got a $5 million allocation in the Washington state Legislature’s budget.

A PeaceHealth union preparing to strike starting May 12 is asking for community support through a hardship fund to help ...