Supporters of a tax that Whatcom County voters approved nearly two years ago are suing to keep a repeal measure off the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

They are seeking a quick hearing on their request for an injunction and the matter has been scheduled for Aug. 30 in Whatcom County Superior Court, according to court documents filed Aug. 16.

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Jennifer Slattery to the Whatcom County Superior Court. She will fill a new, fifth seat created by the Legislature in 2024. Slattery has focused her 15-year career on ...

Inslee appointed Jennifer E. Slattery to the Whatcom County Superior Court bench, filling a fifth seat created by the Legislature earlier this year. “Jennifer Slattery is dedicated to her community.

“Whatcom County Superior Court recognizes the unprecedented size and complexity of the Water Resource Inventory Area 1 water adjudication,” court officials said in an emailed statement announcing the ...

Whatcom County Superior Court appears set to get additional judges. Two bills, House Bill 1992 and Senate Bill 5828, passed by the Washington State Legislature just prior to adjournment of the ...

Two bills passed by the Washington State Legislature and headed to the governor’s desk would increase the number of Superior Court judges and commissioners in Whatcom County.

Whatcom County continues to struggle to find enough public defense attorneys to represent people accused of crimes, two months after the Bellingham Herald first reported on the problem.

In total, across Whatcom County’s Superior, District and Juvenile courts, roughly 43 people are unrepresented because defense attorneys cannot be found for them, according to Starck Follis ...

Prosecuting attorneys have argued Whatcom’s newest District Court judge, a former DUI defense attorney, can’t be fair in hearing 123 DUI-related criminal cases.