PeaceHealth executives and donors dip their shovels in dirt Oct. 24 underneath the statue of St. Joseph at the saint's namesake hospital in Bellingham. Hospital workers and donors celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Peter Paulsen Pavilion. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)The new addition will bring the hospital bed capacity up to 320| Cascadia Daily News
Explorations Academy student Isla Burdick struggles to find leverage and cut through a blackberry heart with her spade as Eliza Bastow pulls on the roots to loosen them. (Santiago Ochoa/Cascadia Daily News)Students learn science immersed in nature through Explorations Academy's new field campus| Cascadia Daily News
Exploring the outdoors in Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan and beyond| www.cascadiadaily.com
Board of Trustees approve extension, plus new 'professional assignment leave'| www.cascadiadaily.com
A 26-year-old man died over the weekend after a shooting in northern Bellingham.| www.cascadiadaily.com
Michael Lilliquist and Andrew Reding weigh in on reader-submitted Citizens Agenda questions| www.cascadiadaily.com
Council veteran's track record of outreach, collaboration trumps challenger's ill-fitting agenda| www.cascadiadaily.com
Two Whatcom County school districts are asking voters for more money this November| www.cascadiadaily.com