Western Washington Headlines

BELLINGHAM — For a third time, police searched the home of an Alger couple who were the last people to see a slain local track coach.

LYNDEN — Fourteen Lynden kids will represent not only their elementary schools next week at the global Destination Imagination competition in Tennessee. They will represent Washington state.

DEMING — Mount Baker School District is the latest to fall victim to the budget crunch that is plaguing school districts statewide.

BELLINGHAM — Contract negotiations between Western Washington University and the faculty union may finally end next week after about a year and a half of discussion.

The discovery of a body believed to be that of a missing Skagit County woman, and news that a Lynden man allegedly admitted to her killing, confirms the fears of Gina Good and Christy Dills, who have spent the last 15 months leading the search for their friend.

Don’t forget to swap your car for your bike on Friday for the 11th annual Bike to Work and School Day in Whatcom County.

The first person ever to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity will speak in Bellingham Saturday.

BELLINGHAM — Police have identified a man they suspect stabbed a Mount Vernon man to death in the York neighborhood Sunday.

A 28-year-old Lynden man walked into the Bellingham Police Department Monday afternoon and reportedly confessed to murdering a Skagit County woman and dumping her body near Sumas.

The price of regular gasoline broke $4 in Whatcom County, and prices at stations around Bellingham were pushing closer to that amount Tuesday.