Newspapers in various formats, including options to read entire daily editions of The Bellingham Herald and other Washington newspapers.
Read the WHOLE newspaper, online! Requires library card log-in (Bellingham Public Library barcode and PIN).
Coverage: current issue and back issues into 2018.
- Bellingham Herald
- Seattle Times
- Tacoma News Tribune
- Olympian
- Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland)
Cascadia Daily News options:
- Full-text daily online articles (text-only) – one-day embargo. Coverage starts Jan. 23, 2022
- Full-page images of weekly print edition – one-week embargo. Coverage starts Oct. 12, 2022
Each newspaper offers a collection of options, including full-text search. Coverage varies. Requires library card log-in (Bellingham Public Library barcode and PIN).
- Bellingham Herald
- Cascadia Daily News
- Seattle Times
- Tacoma News Tribune
- Olympian
- Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland)
Bellingham Herald and Bellingham Business Journal Index
The Bellingham Herald is indexed from July 1, 1992 to December 31, 2005. The Bellingham Business Journal is indexed from January 1999 to December 2005. A print index for the Bellingham Herald covering January 1988 through June 30, 1992 is available at the Bellingham Public Library. [This is only an index. Searches do not search or retrieve full text articles.]
Full-text searching of newspapers, magazines, newswires, transcripts, and more. Requires library card log-in (Bellingham Public Library barcode and PIN).
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Newspapers.com – West Collection provides access to historic newspapers, a tool that can be very helpful for family history and genealogy research. Ancestry and HeritageQuest search results include records from Newspapers.com.
The West Collection has newspapers from these states:
AK, AZ, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, WA, WY
Includes the Bellingham Herald from 1903 – 1923.
Library card log-in not required. May require newspaper subscription to view content.
- All Point Bulletin (Point Roberts)
- Bellingham Herald
- Cascadia Daily News
- Ferndale Record Journal
- Lynden Tribune
- Northern Light (Blaine, Birch Bay, and Semiahmoo)
- Salish Current
- The Western Front (WWU)
- Whatcom Watch
Recently ceased publication:
- Bellingham Business Journal
- Grow Northwest
- Cascadia Weekly, succeeded by Cascadia Daily News
- See all results for newspapers in the library catalog.
- Use the microfilm equipment at the Central Library to read, save, or print microfilm archives of local newspapers.