Annual bilateral trade through land ports of entry in Whatcom County amounted to $18 billion, WWU’s Laurie Trautman told the ...

For the many Flagpole readers who are also amateur urban planners, there’s nothing like tilting back a cold one at Friday happy hour and talking zoning—and we don’t mean whether the Dawgs should run a ...

The Cabell County Planning Commission has released a survey that will shape the next 10 years of development trends.Residents ...

Proposed cuts to a little-known federal agency could be “devastating” for library and museum patrons in Washington, Bellingham and Whatcom County officials told The Bellingham Herald. Major news ...

Federal cuts to health research have cost Massachusetts more than $1.5 billion and 6,700 jobs, estimates show.

In the 1920s, nativist lawmakers introduced “citizen-only” bills. Then, a bipartisan coalition emerged to fight back.

"We tried to figure out what that actual count was so we can get additional funding to help provide the services that t are necessary for additional residents," said Ankeny's interim city manager, ...

Robert Mittendorf The Bellingham Herald Whatcom County and its seven cities are planning for unprecedented ... bhamherald.com Blaine has grown by 6% in the past five years, according to census data, ...

Values from Census 2021 datasets may vary slightly from other published statistics because the "cell-key method" adds a small amount of noise to some cells in published datasets to protect against ...

The capitals grew by 427,800 people (2.4%) in 2023-24. Capital city growth comprised overseas migration (373,000), natural increase (89,500) and internal migration (-34,600). Melbourne had the largest ...

according to U.S. Census data, is retail — primarily driven from tourism because of the number of vacation properties. The unincorporated Whatcom County community is now mostly home to retirees ...

Erika Lautenbach, who guided Whatcom County through the COVID-19 pandemic and pivoted to address the fentanyl crisis, rising homelessness and direct funds for new child-care programs, has left her ...