Whatcom Peace and Justice Center volunteers protest Whatcom’s Public Health, Safety and Justice Sales and Use Tax proposition above Interstate 5 outside Bellingham in 2023. (WCPJC) ...

Currently, the combined capacity of the Whatcom County Jail and the Interim Work Center is 359. Calls for a new jail have ...

Whatcom County voters approved a 0.2% sales tax increase in 2023 to fund the upcoming justice project, which involves building a new jail and behavioral health center. At the time, officials estimated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Whatcom County Courthouse and Jail in Bellingham. (Staff/The Bellingham Herald file) Whatcom County Council members have ...

We remain concerned that the planners of this jail have no ideas on how to reduce the racial inequalities that persist in the ...

The man was arrested at 11:30 a.m. and booked into Whatcom County Jail on suspicion of first-degree assault and first-degree ...

A Whatcom County man was sentenced to over four years in prison Tuesday in Whatcom County Superior Court for illegally manufacturing explosives and guns on his property. He already served three years ...

Two men have been arrested following a months long investigation into a transnational criminal organization by the Whatcom Regional Drug Task Force, Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland ...

Whatcom County authorities have arrested a woman accused of purchasing more than $4,000 worth of merchandise with a stolen credit card. The suspect allegedly stole the card from a mailbox in May. The ...

An 18-year-old Ferndale man was arrested for armed robbery by the Ferndale Police Department and booked into the Whatcom County Jail at 3:26 a.m. Feb. 4.