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In the News July and August 2026 recap
In the News July and August 2026 recap
In The News collects recent media coverage highlighting the people, programs and moments in Bellingham Public Schools.
In the News is not intended to be a comprehensive list of media mentions during a given time frame.
Thank you to our local media and non-local media for coverage of Bellingham Public Schools. Please note, some articles may have subscription paywalls.
Ep Hanson gives her mother a goodbye hug before the first day of class begins. (Santiago Ochoa/Cascadia Daily News)
EP Hanson gives her mother a goodbye hug before the first day of class begins. (Santiago Ochoa/Cascadia Daily News)
First Day of School at Carl Cozier Elementary School
By: Santiago Ochoa/Cascadia Daily news
August 31, 2026
External photo of Carl Cozier Elementary. Source: My Bellingham Now
Arionda Feeney and Jessica Sankey: Bellingham Public Schools Closures
KGMI’s Jason Upton talks to Bellingham Public Schools Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Arionda Feeney and Chief Operations Officers Jessica Sankey about their experience on the facilities planning task force that recommended the closures of Carl Cozier and Columbia elementary schools, and why the decision was made.
By: Jason Upton/My Bellingham Now
August 28, 2026
School districts in Whatcom and Skagit counties faced challenging budgets again this year, as they continue to reckon with rising costs. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)
By the numbers: Most Whatcom, Skagit school districts struggle to balance budgets
Enrollment decline, increasing costs challenge budgets going into 2026-27
By: Charlotte Alden/Cascadia Daily News
August 27, 2026
School supplies can add up. Get free backpacks, supplies and other back-to-school resources at these events around Whatcom and Skagit. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)
Free school supplies, resources for kids available at these back-to-school events
Where to find resources in Whatcom and Skagit
By: Charlotte Alden/Cascadia Daily News
August 11, 2026
Stickers cling to the student side of counselor Mike Campfield's desk at Blaine Middle School. On June 30, $1.6 million in mental health grants for Whatcom County schools expired. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)
Whatcom County schools’ mental health services dwindle as funding disappears
$1.6M in grants expired June 30, new fundraising campaign attempts to sustain services
By: Charlotte Alden/Cascadia Daily news
July 2, 2026
The Bellingham Public Schools District Office at 1985 Barkley Blvd. in Bellingham. Rachel Showalter The Bellingham Herald
Bellingham Public Schools joins national lawsuit against social media companies
By: Hannah Edelman/The Bellingham Herald
August 13, 2026
Prep Athletics & Activities Coverage
- Whatcom Preps – Bellingham Bayhawks
- Weekly recaps, podcasts, features
- Whatcom Preps – Sehome Mariners
- Weekly recaps, podcasts, features
- Whatcom Preps – Squalicum Storm
- Weekly recaps, podcasts, features
- Whatcom Hoops – Bellingham Bayhawks
- Whatcom Hoops – Sehome Mariners
- Whatcom Hoops – Squalicum Storm
- KPUG 1170
- Radio interviews and recaps
- Cascadia Daily News prep coverage
- The Bellingham Herald prep coverage
Dylan Fisk, left, has worked alongside Bellingham Bay Swim Team head coach Chris Coghill since he was 11 years old. Fisk is now 18 and will compete at University of North Carolina-Wilmington. (Photo courtesy of Beth Janis to Cascadia Daily News)
Bellingham swimmer motivated by his father’s memory
Dylan Fisk will begin competing at UNC-Wilmington this upcoming season
By: Nick Zeller-Singh/Cascadia Daily News
August 23, 2026
Kate Walters grabs a pass as son Amos Walters watches Aug. 22 during the Mom Clinic at Sehome High. Sehome's football coach Brian Young begins the fall season with a practice including the mothers of the football players. The mothers learn basic plays, rules of the sport and how to properly tackle. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)
Each season, Sehome football moms trade places with their teen boys on the field
For one afternoon, mothers experience safety, culture of program firsthand
By: Nick Zeller-Singh/Cascadia Daily News
August 24, 2026
The sun shines on the new Squalicum High School field and track Aug. 20 in Bellingham. Squalicum is one of three high schools in the area that got athletics upgrades ahead of the 2026-27 season. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)
3 area high schools get athletic upgrades ahead of 2026-27 season
Nooksack Valley, Sedro-Woolley and Squalicum renovate track surfaces and more
By: Nick Zeller-Singh/Cascadia Daily News
August 25, 2026
Tweet noting Taylor Rapp has signed with the Denver Broncos
Former Washington safety Taylor Rapp signs with Denver Broncos
Originally from Bellingham, Rapp prepped at Sehome High School and committed to the Huskies as the No. 4 recruit from Washington in the 2016 class.
By: Alex Katson/Huskies Wire
August 21, 2026
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