After a demand from Western Massachusetts lawmakers for regional equity in the commonwealth’s judicial system, the governor ...

Oftentimes, community members — especially those dealing with addiction or behavioral health issues — come in contact with the criminal justice system multiple times. Whatcom County has made various ...

Rajat Rajat was part of a Santa Rosa-based smuggling operation that brought people across the border from Canada for profit.

“Only the Supreme Court can decide the dispute and ... He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro," a book about ...

This is Vanags’ second trial in Whatcom County Superior Court, with the first one ending in a hung jury in 2022. Members of the current jury were not told that the proceedings were a retrial.

Alexander Vanags testified in Whatcom County Superior Court on April 9, 2025, in Bellingham, Wash. He was on trial for second-degree murder for the second time after his first trial in 2022 ended ...

After a two-week trial in Whatcom County Superior Court and one day of deliberation, jurors unanimously decided that the Bellingham Police Department did not take the necessary steps to prevent ...

Former Bellingham Police Cpl. Brooks Owen Laughlin, right, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Dec. 12, 2018, in Whatcom County Superior Court.

Anyone needing to appear at a Superior Court proceedings in Benton and Franklin counties will need to head to the hearings in person. Wednesday morning’s criminal docket in Benton County ...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson denied the request on behalf of the court. Karen Read reviews questionnaires for potential jurors in her murder case at Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday ...

A federal appeals court Wednesday paused a lower court's ruling ordering the government to rehire around 2 4,000 probationary workers. "The Government is likely to succeed in showing the district ...