Local News Marijuana green, Seahawks blue among Whatcom County’s top news stories of 2014

It’s a battle of the Greeks. Sororities and fraternities expressing their artistic abilities, using their feet and hands to create rhythm and sound. (12-25-14)

Posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014 11:26 am | Updated: 12:15 pm, Sun Dec 28, 2014. Officials: Death not tied to truck crash into home Associated Press | LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say the death of a 93-year-old hospice patient…

Syaiful Arif Missing AirAsia jet Indonesia’s latest air woe In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Indonesian Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan, right, speaks at a press conference on AirAsia’s missing flight QZ8501 at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya,…

Posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014 11:32 am | Updated: 12:15 pm, Sun Dec 28, 2014. Iranian senior commander killed in Iraq Associated Press | TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior commander in Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has been killed during…

Sure travel bets may be hard to come by, but here are some solid ideas to start planning your 2015 vacation – five for the Carolinas, five for North America and five for overseas. Carolinas Fort Fisher, in January: The…

ASHEVILLE, N.C. For Kevin Patrick Murphy, Asheville actors seeking stardom on big — or small — screens need more than personal drive. They also have to be, well, “willing to drive,” said Murphy, an actor with 20 years of experience…

Look all you want, and you’ll find nary a marijuana tourism brochure at kiosks operated by Colorado’s official travel bureaus. Yet that institutional prohibition hasn’t stopped thousands of cannabis tourists from visiting Colorado to experience the phenomenon of legal marijuana.…

Local News Parrish couple continues Christmas at the Beach celebration

MATTOON — Alice Maria (Cocquyt) Vanneste, age 86, of Mattoon passed away at 2:35 a.m. on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. Funeral services honoring her life will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 27,…