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Bigfoot's history in Washington State is so immense that 18th District State Senator Ann Rivers R-La Center, at the behest of a 9-year-old constituent, sponsored SB 5816 in the 2017-18 sessions

Entomologists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture and the USDA have confirmed the first 2021 report of an Asian giant hornet … this time in Snohomish County.

BELLINGHAM (AP) — Demonstrators gathered in Washington on Tuesday to raise awareness against County Council decisions they say threaten high-paying jobs, property values and farming. The Bellingham Herald reports about 300 people gathered for the rally called, "Wake Up Whatcom County...

BELLINGHAM  (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a sheriff's search warrant in northwestern Washington that seeks private Facebook data as part of an investigation into a Dakota Access oil pipeline protest. The ACLU in Seattle filed the motion Wednesday to quash the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office warrant for private messages and other data on the Bellingham #NoDAPL Coalition F

BELLINGHAM (AP) — Officials say border crossings into Whatcom County from Canada are starting off much as they did in 2016. The Bellingham Herald reports that 848,791 people traveled south through the five Whatcom County border crossings in January...

BELLINGHAM (AP) — Officials in Whatcom County in northwest Washington state are considering banning vaping in certain areas. The Bellingham Herald reports that the County Council is looking at putting the same restrictions on e-cigarettes as traditional cigarettes...

EVERSON, Wash. (AP) — A Whatcom County sex offender charged with sending sexual text messages to a teen girl who lied about her age has been sentenced to two years in prison. The Bellingham Herald reports 25-year-old Jonathan Richard Brouwer, of Everson, was sentenced after pleading guilty to communicating with a minor for immoral purposes and failing to register as a sex offender...

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is likely to clinch her third term in the U.S. Senate, while the race for one of Washington's redrawn congressional districts remains a toss-up. Cantwell, a Democrat, has led Republican newcomer Michael Baumgartner in the polls and in fundraising since the beginning of the campaign season...