Cascadia Daily News

Cascadia Daily News is a community-focused newspaper that operates from a physical newsroom in Bellingham, Washington, staffed by local journalists, columnists, editors, and visual storytellers. The digital version of CDN launched on January 24, 2022, followed by the release of its first weekly print edition on March 2, 2022. This newspaper is part of Cascadia Newspapers LLC, which is entirely owned and supported by David Syre, a fourth-generation resident of Whatcom County. We provide news updates throughout the day on our website, cascadiadaily.com, every day of the week. Our weekly print edition is available at various newsstands and retail outlets, sent by mail to subscribers, and accessible as a print-replica e-edition every Wednesday morning. We're continually exploring new ways to deliver news to our readers.

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Southbound I-5 construction Thursday, Friday could slow down your commute

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Annie Todd

Heads up Bellinghamsters: Washington state Department of Transportation will be doing construction during the early morning into early afternoon on southbound Interstate 5 between Bakerview Road and Guide Meridian Thursday and Friday. During that time, one lane of traffic will be shut down. From 3:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 17, the left lane of southbound I-5 between Bakerview Road and Sunset Drive/State Route 542 will be closed for overhead sign replacement, according to WSDOT.
Plantation Rifle Range lead cleanup now priced at $13.8M | Cascadia Daily News

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Julia Tellman

Whatcom County is starting down the road of an environmental cleanup project at the lead-contaminated Plantation Rifle Range that could cost the county $13.8 million. Meanwhile, the $1.68 million project to update the 40-year-old HVAC system in the indoor range could be finished by this fall. Plantation Rifle Range, on Samish Way south of Bellingham, is one of only two publicly owned ranges in the state and has been closed since November 2022 due to hazardous waste on the site.
Dripping sewage, no privacy and makeshift workspaces: Sheriff's office asks county for new office

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Annie Todd

In the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, a gun and badge might be standard issue — but so is a tarp. Derek Jones unfurled a clear plastic tarp in front of the Whatcom County Council Tuesday, April 15, during its regular meeting to show council members what every detective has in their desk, and to show what is covering boxes in the records office. The tarps are kept on hand when the jail overflows and sewage drips onto their heads, computers or case files.
Whatcom diversion program faces funding cuts in proposed state budget

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Annie Todd

A program supporting those with low-level criminal misdemeanors tied to behavioral health or substance abuse disorder could face longer wait times and delays in services if state funding is cut. Three budget proposals in the Legislature call for anywhere from a 10% reduction to cutting the funds completely for the Recovery Navigator Program (RNP) as lawmakers contend with a state budget shortfall.
After complaints, Bellingham looks at smaller yard waste bins, customer discounts

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Julia Tellman

The City of Bellingham is making some adjustments to the new organic waste collection requirement after hearing complaints from residents about the cost of the service, and the size of the 90-gallon yard waste bin. Local waste hauler Sanitary Service Company is in the process of rolling out FoodPlus, which costs $13.69 per month, to all Bellingham single-family households and multiplexes up to four units.
Salmon processor Hannah heads to Alaska for second season, liens hang overhead

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Annie Todd

Inside a spiral freezer, Northline Seafoods owner Ben Blakey pointed to where an electrical fire broke out last summer aboard his fish processing barge “Hannah”. It was an inopportune time for the 400-foot vessel with the capacity to hold up to 2.3 million pounds of fresh salmon and store over 10 million pounds of frozen salmon. The Hannah, currently moored in Bellingham Bay, was just six weeks into its first season in Alaska’s Bristol Bay.
Bellingham programmer uses AI to sort, analyze thousands of public documents | Cascadia Daily News

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Charlotte Alden

Last year, Bellingham resident Morgan Foster wanted to know the outcome of a consequential school board vote in a nearby district. Taken aback by the tone and tenor of the discussions regarding Title IX, Foster called the nearby district and then clicked through the website, eventually finding an MP3 file of the meeting. She listened to the “fuzzy recording” for two hours to get her answer. Foster thought there had to be a simpler way to find out what was going on in local school districts.
REAL IDs will be needed in less than a month for air travel. Are you ready?

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Annie Todd

Starting May 7, if you have plans to fly across the United States, you’re going to need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification. So before you start frantically Googling what a REAL ID is, Cascadia Daily News has got you covered. You may already have one hanging out in your wallet. Technically, it’s a federal law, not a physical identification.
WWU: No more investments linked to fossil fuels, weapons, human rights violations | Cascadia Daily News

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Charlotte Alden

Western Washington University’s board has committed to changing how the university’s funds are invested and disclosing its investments, fulfilling some asks by student protesters involved in last spring’s pro-Palestine demonstrations.
Work begins on PeaceHealth St. Joe's expansion that will increase patient capacity

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Julia Tellman

Whatcom County’s only hospital, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, will see a major expansion of its Bellingham campus in the coming years, as work begins on a new six-story pavilion to address the hospital’s urgent need for increased capacity. The 120,000-square-foot building, called the Peter Paulsen Pavilion, will have a rooftop helipad, a modernized and consolidated emergency department on the first floor, and a childbirth and pediatrics department on the top two floors.