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PHOTOS: Youth PRIDE Parade and Festival honors LGBTQIA+ youth
Community members lined the streets of downtown Bellingham in support of the annual Youth PRIDE Parade.
Lummi Nation hosts 78th Stommish Water Festival honoring veterans
The festival is set to take place the weekend of June 14 and will go through that Sunday.
BRIEF: Popular baby names for Washington state released
The lists are based on data from Social Security card applications.
CONTEST: Win tickets to the Deming Logging Show from MyBellinghamNow.com
The team at MyBellinghamNow and KGMI wants to send YOU to the Deming Logging Show!
FEATURE: Bellingham Bells look to kick off another successful season
The Bells are hosting the Edmonton Riverhawks for the season opener on Friday, May 31, at Joe Martin Field.
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Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86
Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.
3 days ago in National
Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change
Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.
3 days ago in National, Trending
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
4 days ago in National
Power outages could linger for days after storms batter Texas again, leaving 1 dead
Power outages scattered across storm-weary Texas on Wednesday could linger into the weekend after storms flooded streets in Houston for the second time this month and ripped off roofs in Dallas, leaving a teenager dead and injuring others.
4 days ago in National
Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony
The jury in Donald Trump's hush money trial ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict Wednesday but asked to rehear testimony from key witnesses about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of the history-making case.
National Sports
2 days ago in Sports
Rain, rain, go away: French Open players deal with the stress of schedule-changing showers
The wet weather just keeps coming this week at the French Open. It has been delaying and postponing matches — including on Friday — jumbling the schedule, prompting court changes and, all in all, creating stress and uncertainty for the world's best tennis players.
2 days ago in Sports
Surfers get ‘best waves of our lives’ at dress rehearsal for Olympic venue in Tahiti
After days of barreling along the huge waves of Tahiti's island paradise, French Polynesian surfer Vahine Fierro has even more reason to look forward to this summer's Olympics.
2 days ago in Sports
Panthers beat Rangers 3-2 in Game 5 to move within win of Stanley Cup Final return
The Florida Panthers are on the verge of going back to the Stanley Cup Final for the second straight year and third time in franchise history because they are finding ways to win the tight ones.
3 days ago in Sports
Larry Bird Museum officially opens in Terre Haute
The Indiana State University and Boston Celtics great addressed a public ceremony Thursday for the official opening of the Larry Bird Museum inside the Terre Haute Convention Center. After the ceremony, Bird took questions from the media, which he jokingly said might be his last interview.
3 days ago in Sports
Charges against world’s top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship
Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world's top golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship.
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PHOTOS: Youth PRIDE Parade and Festival honors LGBTQIA+ youth
Community members lined the streets of downtown Bellingham in support of the annual Youth PRIDE Parade.
Lummi Nation hosts 78th Stommish Water Festival honoring veterans
The festival is set to take place the weekend of June 14 and will go through that Sunday.
BRIEF: Popular baby names for Washington state released
The lists are based on data from Social Security card applications.
New state regulations coming to insurance companies in Washington
The new rule applies to auto and homeowner insurance.
BRIEF: Border Protection restricts entry to part of Peace Arch Park
BLAINE, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Recent instances of cross-border smuggling have led to increased patrols in Blaine. US Customs and Border…
WEATHER: Atmospheric River forecasted for first week of June
The storm system could cause some ponding on streets and highways, so drivers are warned to drive cautiously next week.
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Lummi Nation hosts 78th Stommish Water Festival honoring veterans
The festival is set to take place the weekend of June 14 and will go through that Sunday.
CONTEST: Win tickets to the Deming Logging Show from MyBellinghamNow.com
The team at MyBellinghamNow and KGMI wants to send YOU to the Deming Logging Show!
2 days ago in Entertainment
Nicole Brown Simpson’s sisters want you to remember how she lived, not how she died
Thirty years later, Nicole's three sisters want her remembered for more than those static images or the violent way she died. They fear the vibrant person they knew has been lost in the chaos of Simpson's murder trial, the questions it raised about race in America and the headlines spawned by his recent death.
3 days ago in Entertainment
ABBA get a prestigious Swedish knighthood for their pop career that started at Eurovision
The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song "Waterloo," on Friday got one of the most prestigious knighthoods in Sweden from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf.
3 days ago in Entertainment
Harvey Weinstein may face new charges as more accusers come forward, New York prosecutors say
Manhattan prosecutors told a judge Wednesday they are evaluating more claims of sexual misconduct made against Harvey Weinstein and could potentially seek a new indictment against him before his scheduled retrial on rape and sexual assault charges.
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