Approximately 15% of Whatcom County’s population — about 35,243 people — rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table, ...

As the U.S. government shutdown drags on, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is still in flux. Meanwhile, the Bellingham Food Bank estimates about 15% of Whatcom County ...

Around 15% of Whatcom County relies on SNAP benefits, which will likely be suspended Nov. 1 as a result of the ongoing ...

Veterans Day is Tuesday, Nov. 11, and to honor the holiday some local stores, banks and other businesses will be closed.

Food costs are going up, and the couple’s income is too high to qualify for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits they once received. Since September, Hamilton’s been ...

A lifelong Bellingham resident and local real estate agent plans to burn about 13,000 calories and lose about 10 pounds over the course of a single day this month to raise awareness about food ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson will direct nearly $2.2 million weekly to Washington food banks to help residents as federal SNAP funding ...

WSWS reporters visited food banks and spoke with people seeking food assistance after the government reduced or cut their ...

A grim deadline is approaching as thousands of people and food banks scramble to fill their pantries as the government ...

The Lynnwood Food Bank held its annual Food is Love fundraiser event at Dave and Buster’s in Lynnwood on Sunday, October 19.

Food benefits used by thousands of Washington households to help make ends meet might soon be a government shutdown casualty, officials said. The state Department of Social and Health Services, or ...