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Here’s who is running for new Whatcom County Council districts, other cities

Here are the candidates for city and county councils in Bellingham and Whatcom County that will be on the 2017 ballots.

Lynden man arrested in Birch Bay hit and run death

A Lynden man has confessed to a hit and run crash that killed a man walking on a rural road near Birch Bay, state troopers said Wednesday.

Crime

Truck’s side mirror likely killed Whatcom County pedestrian in hit and run, autopsy shows

A Whatcom County man likely died when a truck’s passenger side mirror struck his head as he walked along a rural road south of Blaine, an autopsy revealed Tuesday morning.

Local

Outpouring of sympathy for mom whose husband, infant daughter died in wreck

A GoFundMe account keeps growing for the Ferndale woman whose husband and infant daughter were killed in a horrific Mother’s Day car wreck.

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Politics & Government

Gorsuch’s confirmation puts the Trump brand on the Supreme Court, perhaps for decades

The Senate confirms Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court by a largely party-line vote, setting the stage for the 49-year-old Trump administration nominee to shape U.S. law for decades. Senate Republicans had changed the rules to confirm him, ending filibusters and clearing the way for replacing the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Politics & Government

Trump, Ryan fail to repeal Obamacare

President Donald Trump Friday afternoon called House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and asked him to pull the health care bill minutes ahead of a scheduled floor vote.

Politics & Government

Trump will keep Obamacare if GOP doesn’t pass health repeal Friday

President Donald Trump’s White House gave an ultimatum to House members on Thursday, saying that Obamacare will remain if they do not pass Paul Ryan’s Obamacare replacement bill on Friday after it was delayed due to a lack of Republican support.

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Watch live: President Trump delivers his first address to Congress

President Donald Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress.

Politics & Government

Trump heralds 'American greatness' in speech to Congress

In a wide-ranging speech covering his accomplishments since taking office, President Donald Trump delievered his first address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, laying out the agenda for his presidency and, in broad terms, his vision for the country.

Politics & Government

Trump tweets ‘SEE YOU IN COURT’ after appeals court refuses to reinstate travel ban

A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deals a blow to the Trump administration, upholding a trial judge’s order blocking the president’s travel ban from taking effect.

Politics & Government

Trump slams Nordstrom for treating daughter Ivanka ‘so unfairly’

Nordstrom said last week that it would stop selling Ivanka Trump’s brand this season, citing poor sales. The retailer had come under fire from the Grab Your Wallet campaign, a critic of the administration that is asking shoppers to boycott retailers that carry Ivanka Trump or Donald Trump goods. Trump’s tweet renewed questions about whether he’s using the presidential pulpit to sway business interests for himself or his family.

Afternoon Newsletter

Sehome gymnasts win district title; Bellingham, Squalicum shine

The Sehome gymnastics team claimed the Northwest District title Saturday at Cascade Elite Gymnastics in Mountlake Terrace.

National

Mary Tyler Moore, TV icon who symbolized independent career woman, dies at 80

Mary Tyler Moore, the multiple Emmy-winning actress who first charmed TV viewers on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” in the 1960s and became a beloved TV icon who could “turn the world on with her smile” on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970s, has died. She was 80.

Politics & Government

Trump calls for 'America first' in inaugural address

Donald Trump, who charted a defiant, polarizing path to the most stunning political upset in a generation, became the 45th president of the United States Friday.

Politics & Government