Bellingham's State of the City Said 2025 Was "A Year of Housing Action." Let's Look at the Whole Picture.
Mayor Kim Lund's 2026 State of the City address is a polished, nine-minute overview of...
The Bellingham Plan: Growth by Delusion, Not by Reality, and Delivered by Flat Out Lying
Bellingham’s planners have unveiled their 2025 Comprehensive Plan draft — “The Bellingham Plan” —...
When the County Finds Wetlands During A Permit Review, then a Different Regulator Offers to Sell You Mitigation Credits at $400,000 an Acre as a Private Citizen, and the County Doesn't Care.
This article is part of our continuing investigative series, “When Whatcom County Protected a...
How Bellingham’s Planning Department Quietly Took Over Housing
The Untouchables: How Bellingham’s Planning Department Quietly Took Over Housing
The Reality of Bellingham’s Greenways Levy & Lake Whatcom Watershed Program
Bellingham’s Greenways Levy and watershed programs have been sold to voters as ways to preserve...
I Used Less Electricity This Year. My Bill Went Up 22% Anyway
One of many reasons everything feels so expensive in Bellingham right now.
PART 3: The Facts and Timelines for the Complaint that Was Filed
When citizens discovered what Whatcom County Natural Resources Planner Matthew Mahaffie was doing,...
PART 6: The Threats From the Corrupt Director of Planning, When Citizens Share Information About His Department's Corruption
In October 2024, Whatcom County Planning Director Mark Personius sent a threatening letter to a...
PART 6: The Threats From the Corrupt Director of Planning, When Citizens Share Information About His Department's Corruption
In October 2024, Whatcom County Planning Director Mark Personius sent a threatening letter to a...
PART 1: When a Corrupt Whatcom County Planner Started Helping Himself
The Story Begins with an Elderly Property Owner
An 80-year-old man and his wife owned a lot in...