Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.

If an increasing unpopular leader, known for shaping reality w/ lies, wanted to subvert democracy, would they: A) complain that the polls are “fake news”, B) threaten polling organizations into silence, C) sow distrust in election results, or D) find ways to disenfranchise voters of the other party?

Witnesses say they saw federal immigration agents arrest a man outside the Bellingham Public Library Monday morning. Agents told the man they had a warrant for his arrest but ICE has not confirmed if the man had broken any U.S. criminal laws.

#OnThisDay in 1969, the first Boeing 747 had its maiden flight at Paine Field. historylink.org/File/1181

“This year’s theme feels built for CDN. Startups like ours are vulnerable — but we may also be the antidote to an ailing industry,” Anderson said. #journalism

We're looking for stories from Bellingham residents about the high cost of living. Are you a young person shopping for a home and realizing it may be out of your reach? Are you a parent who is making hard choices to afford child care?

Dear Peter Baker: Everybody already knows it's OUT OF THE NORM. Please move forward one space.

It may be four years old, but CDN still feels and runs like an energetic startup. This is a good job. #journalism

After three decades, Erin Baker’s Bellingham-based business has shown it has staying power in the homespun-on-the-outside, viciously competitive inside world of big-time baked goods manufacturing.

I love news obits.

Dozens of people huddled together on a wet and windy Wednesday night at Skagit Riverwalk Park to hold a vigil for those killed by ICE or who died in their custody.

This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan

Before you go out to protest immigration-related actions, know your legal rights and what to do if you're detained.

I've never canceled a long-planned European vacation before. But this month, I did. So I've written about how belittling and threatening countries affects #tourism, both into the US and now heading out, in a @cascadiadaily.com guest commentary (free to read). www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/26/...

🧵 Deming residents signed up for a new county alert system in 2023 after the life-threatening flood in 2021 devastated the unincorporated community in Whatcom County. So when flooding was predicted on Dec. 9, they assumed an evacuation alert would go out... www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/26/...

Fascinating thread.

Today @cascadiadaily.com launched a way for the public to tell us when they witness an immigration-related detainment. Help us tell the stories of our immigrant neighbors.

Today marks 326 years since the last #earthquake and #tsunami on the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Our Hazards and Outreach Team experts take a moment to remind you about the hazard, but *most importantly* share what you can do to prepare for the next ones. youtu.be/tTC6FRcr0Gg?...

Sunday Read: Many people in Bellingham are barely scraping by. The high cost of housing, the biggest monthly line item for most people, gets the most attention and is the biggest contributor in the cost-of-living crisis.

Hey they have faces.

Why one news org (@cascadiadaily.com) no longer allows comments on its Facebook posts, after pulling back on X. And how Bluesky has been a bright spot. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/22/...

The former CIA-backed Afghan operator accused of opening fire on two uniformed National Guard members in November 2025 in Washington, D.C. was pepper sprayed and robbed in downtown Bellingham months before purchasing the firearm used in the fatal attack, according to recently released BPD records.

When a government threatens legal action unless interviews are aired in full without any editorial judgment allowed by #journalists on what parts are, or aren't, newsworthy enough to share with audiences, you don't have a free press. You have state-controlled media. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...

As reporters, we’re prepared to cover disasters. As local journalists, we know those tragedies will be within our community. But, what I failed to think through was how to navigate a natural disaster that threatens both communities in our coverage area and my family.

CDN kicks off 2026 with new purpose and new leadership in three key positions. Read about the changes in Executive Editor Ron Judd's weekly column.

Excited to share this news! And congrats to my partner in crime, Audra 😎

As the VP of the U.S. spews propaganda about the shadowy leftist conspiracy to resist ICE activity in the U.S., here's a fact: The most consistent, ardent, impassioned protest of same in our region in the past year can in fact be traced to a single nefarious group: senior citizens.

Congrats to @cascadiadaily.com (my former #journalism home): recipient of a $10K grant for its extensive and fully outside-the-paywall reporting on the December 2025 floods in Whatcom and Skagit counties. Timely, exhaustive and (I'm told) exhausting coverage. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jan/06/...

I just happened to stumble upon this story and thought it was really interesting! I loved longtime grower Nick’s thoughts on the cannabis industry: “It’s just agriculture. We’ve been doing this for thousands of years.”

From the border towns in Whatcom County to the hamlets that dot the Skagit River, strife and goodwill played equal parts in the story of 2025. CDN photojournalists were there for much of it — now, we share with you the photos we think show how 2025 felt for us and for our thousands of neighbors.

Washington state received an emergency disaster declaration following historic flooding in mid-December. But what's the likelihood the federal government will help the state recover from the flooding in a year that has seen seismic shifts to FEMA?

Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.

There’s no Chamber of Commerce to hang holiday decorations or a mayor to complain to in Edison. For generations, the town’s decorating efforts and community gatherings have been spearheaded by the closest thing Edison has to a governing body: a century-old women’s club.

Reporters at CDN have been grateful for the time taken by victims of this month's historic floods to share their stories with the local newspaper. CDN needs more help from readers to guide follow up reporting on what went right — and wrong — with flood planning, writes Executive Editor Ron Judd.

Where is the power going to come from for the next one?

This is extremely important

Over the course of Saturday, it became clear that Mount Vernon and Sumas would face very different recovery efforts after historic flooding tore through the region.

#OnThisDay in 1936, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of KVOS, a Bellingham radio station, in its ongoing feud with the Bellingham Herald newspaper. historylink.org/File/22498

Reflections on the long scars of natural disasters, as our region claws out from another devastating round of flooding. Like all of @cascadiadaily.com ongoing flood coverage, outside the paywall.

Water is leaking through the flood wall in downtown Mount Vernon.

For the most local and up to date news abt the Skagit and Whatcom flooding, stay tuned to our community paper of record

A tense day across NW Washington state as record flooding hammers small communities and the city of Mount Vernon. Follow @cascadiadaily.com's free live coverage here.

Get the inside scoop on daily life in NW WA by following the hard-working independent journalists at Bellingham-based @cascadiadaily.com.

Humbled to receive the FIFA/Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Journalism, one of the great honors of my life.

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

"Home of the brave, land of the free, I don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie." -- Lead Belly, who died #OTD 1949

Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Close Bellingham neighbors of the man accused of opening fire on two National Guard members in Washington D.C., described the "movie-like" FBI raid of the low-income apartment early Thanksgiving morning.

Bold stand.