The City of Bellingham is the Freddy Krueger of Your Housing Dreams
In a time where nearly everything feels political, here’s something we should all be able to agree...
Why Bellingham Is REALLY Pushing Density
A Real Issues Analysis
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...
The Hidden Costs Killing 'Affordable Housing' What Your City Isn’t Telling You
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,...