Bellingham

Adoption is outpacing guardrails as cities grapple with thorny ethical questions and work to set norms on how and when generative AI should be used.

Records show that public servants have used generative AI to write emails to constituents, mayoral letters, policy documents and more.

While other Washington cities have taken steps to limit excessive or unreasonable fees, Bellingham's is among the most comprehensive attempts to date.

The event aims to preserve culture, promote healing and community building, facilitate intergenerational learning, raise environmental awareness, and foster unity.

One of the short films playing was inspired by a group of advocates in Seattle in the 1970s who helped place queer foster kids in queer households.

Athletes with connections to Washington state shone in Vancouver and Whistler, while the Games honored Indigenous relations and highlighted the potential of local winter adaptive sports.

Unionized REI workers are running an insurgent campaign to elect a pro-labor candidate to the outdoor retailer’s board of directors. It’s a longshot bid for sway over the co-op’s future.

What defines the local jazz community is not its size but the collective energy of an adventurous and welcoming city.

After a statewide tenants’ bill failed in the Legislature, cities from Olympia to Spokane extended notice periods and implemented relocation assistance.

Bellingham and Shoreline took major steps toward eliminating parking minimums for new housing construction citywide this week.