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Elections

Next week is filing week for 2023 ballots

Races to include Whatcom County executive, Bellingham mayor
May 12, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Fire District 4 commissioners on May 1 approved an ordinance placing a 36-cent levy increase on the Aug. 1 ballot
Elections

Fire district north of Bellingham to ask for levy hike

Aug. 1 ballot measure would maintain 24-hour operation at District 4 station
May 11, 2023 6:48 p.m.
Ferndale Mayor Greg Hansen announced May 2 he will seek reelection.
Elections

Ferndale mayor announces run for second term

Hansen touts successes in face of pandemic
May 2, 2023 10:41 a.m.
A man with a beard wearing a grey sweatshirt and glasses crosses his hands at a desk.
Elections

County council member running for executive

Barry Buchanan was elected to the council in 2018
April 28, 2023 2:33 p.m.
Mike McAuley attends a groundbreaking celebration April 14 for the Millworks affordable housing project on Bellingham's waterfront. McAuley announced his candidacy for Bellingham mayor April 27.
Elections

Ex-port commissioner announces run for Bellingham mayor

Mike McAuley the fourth candidate to enter the race
April 27, 2023 4:41 p.m.
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Kombucha Town founder to run for Bellingham mayor

Chris McCoy started business after graduating from WWU
April 24, 2023 10:57 a.m.
Community First Whatcom wants to bring a tenants-rights initiative back to Bellingham's ballot in 2023. The group's 2021 initiative failed by 1 percentage point.
Elections

Two initiatives proposed for Bellingham’s November ballot

Community First Whatcom collecting signatures for tenant protections, minimum wage
April 12, 2023 5:55 a.m.
The Skagit Valley Hospital on April 7 in Mount Vernon. A tax measure on some Skagit County residents' ballots this month would help pay for services at the hospital and other facilities run by Skagit Regional Health.
Elections

Tax measures on two ballots in Skagit County

Mount Vernon hospital, Anacortes seek funding
April 7, 2023 2:37 p.m.
Whatcom County Undersheriff Doug Chadwick seeks to replace Sheriff Bill Elfo
Elections

Sheriff candidate comes from inside the department

Undersheriff Chadwick has retiring Sheriff Elfo's endorsement
March 21, 2023 1:43 p.m.
Sheriff Bill Elfo announced March 20 he will retire at the end of the year. He has worked in law enforcement in Florida and Whatcom County for nearly 50 years. "I've never had a break between jobs
Elections

Set to retire, Whatcom sheriff still all business

Bill Elfo spent 49 years in law enforcement
March 21, 2023 1:22 p.m.
Kim Lund announced March 13 she will run for mayor of Bellingham in 2023. Current Mayor Seth Fleetwood told Cascadia Daily News he will seek reelection.
Elections

Nonprofit leader challenges Bellingham mayor’s reelection bid

Kim Lund was Bellingham Public Schools Foundation director
March 14, 2023 12:38 p.m.
Marco Morales
Elections

Skagit election official pushes for Spanish ballots

Commissioners not ready to fund proposal
Feb. 11, 2023 5:00 a.m.

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