Rachel Showalter

5 days ago | bellinghamherald.com | Rachel Showalter

A Seattle man who pleaded guilty to drug distribution and firearm crimes related to a Whatcom County drug trafficking ring was sentenced May 9 to eight years in prison. Mohamed Abdirisak Mohamed, 35, was one of six people charged federally in a monthslong investigation of fentanyl dealing in Whatcom County. The ring was moving fentanyl from the Seattle area to redistributors in Bellingham, according to a DOJ news release issued May 9.

5 days ago | bellinghamherald.com | Rachel Showalter

Bellingham Police patrol car. Bellingham Police Department Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald Two individuals were arrested Sunday in Bellingham for kidnapping and other crimes after authorities say they both forced a woman into a white van and one of them held her at gunpoint.

1 week ago | bellinghamherald.com | Rachel Showalter

Whatcom County community members praised Port of Bellingham commissioners on Tuesday for their decision to terminate Ireland-based Harcourt Developments’ development rights along Bellingham’s waterfront after significant delays and contract defaults. Harcourt is currently developing three luxury condo buildings along Bellingham’s waterfront, one of which is complete. The company also restored the historic waterfront Granary Building in 2019.

1 week ago | bellinghamherald.com | Rachel Showalter

Lynden School District Board members passed a resolution at the board’s Thursday meeting reaffirming the district’s concerns about transgender students participating in women’s divisions of school sports and indicating an intent to pursue legal action against the state agency that oversees public K–12 education. The resolution passed on a 4-0 vote, with Board President Jim Verburg absent.

1 week ago | bellinghamherald.com | Rachel Showalter

The Bellingham Food Bank is reporting empty shelves amid a nationwide reduction in federal funding support. Signs first posted at the food bank about two weeks ago notified visitors of “a list of federal food assistance items we were expecting from April-June that we will not have, (or have less of).“That list included:▪ Shelf-stable items such as pitted plums, dried cranberries and canned chicken. ▪ Protein such as eggs, frozen pork chops, turkey breast, chicken breast and chicken leg quarters.