Police: No signs of foul play in Bellingham man’s death
Police have found no signs of foul play after a Bellingham man was found dead Monday, July 15, at his Toledo Street home. The death prompted a fairly public investigation, with police cordoning off a...
View ArticleA decorative hat, a bear sighting and more in the Blaine police blotter
Wednesday, July 10 8:47 a.m. An employee called to report that two bicycles had been left behind their building on Boblett Street for several days. Officers collected the abandoned bicycles and secured...
View ArticleStabber gets a year in jail for attacking Bellingham man, hood of car
BELLINGHAM — A mentally ill man must serve a year in jail and undergo treatment after stabbing an acquaintance in the back in December 2012. Christopher R. Morisette, 23, got into a three-way argument...
View ArticleVideo shows lead-up to Bellingham pit bull shooting
A cellphone video posted this week on YouTube shows the moments before a Bellingham police officer shot a pit bull Saturday evening, July 13, at the skate park near Civic Field. Police claim the dog...
View ArticleMan, 43, suspected of inscribing Bible with phone number to lure girl in...
FERNDALE — Police arrested a transient man this weekend on suspicion of trying to lure a girl to a hidden area near Ferndale’s Pioneer Park. The suspect, Michael Evanson, 43, offered the girl a Bible...
View ArticleA map of the Ross Lake fires
Two small fires — each about a half-acre in size — continue to burn near Ross Lake after a thunderstorm last week. Here’s most of the press release from the National Park Service. Marblemount, WA –...
View ArticleSoda thieves, 75 garage sale signs and more in the Blaine police blotter
Text courtesy of the Blaine Police Department, with minor edits for style. Tuesday, July 16 12:01 p.m. A business owner called police from D Street to report that a couple days earlier he came across a...
View ArticleFlooding from damaged sprinkler displaces 3 Bellingham residents, closes...
BELLINGHAM — Three tenants of a downtown Bellingham apartment complex were displaced by flooding when a fire sprinkler got tripped by the flip of a towel, according to apartment management. A man in an...
View ArticleHow to host a National Night Out Against Crime event
Local police and neighborhood groups are getting ready for National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, Aug. 6, an event promoting neighborhood watches and crime prevention. Residents of the Sehome and...
View ArticleThe Dispatcher blog gets a new home
This blog has teleported to a new uniform resource locator, or URL, bellinghamherald.com/dispatcher-blog. In case you hadn’t noticed, this particular section of the Herald site crashes a lot. So we’re...
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