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Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
What to do with Bellingham's iconic graffiti rock? Two new options emerge
Two landowners have come forward with proposals for relocating the iconic graffiti rock, a community billboard along northbound Interstate 5 south of Bellingham that has displayed hand-painted personal messages for more than 50 years. The owners of two private but publicly accessible sites are looking at the steps they need to take to move the Bellingham Rock, which is in the way of a Washington State Department of Transportation road project. WSDOT sets deadline to move Bellingham's graffiti rock; demolition an option One possible site is near I-5 and Slater Road south of Ferndale. The other is on Bill McDonald Parkway, between Western Washington University and Sehome High in Bellingham. Those two proposals emerged in recent weeks, as a WSDOT deadline looms. Frank Youngblood, who owns the Timberline Apartments at 3000 Bill MacDonald Parkway, is working with city of Bellingham and WSDOT officials to satisfy the conditions set for moving the rock, including an easement for public access, logistics of the move, and environmental considerations because the rock is covered in paint. 'It's a big open area that becomes obvious for a location. Everyone I've talked to hopes we can make this happen,' Youngblood told The Herald in a phone call. Keith Cook, who manages the Bellingham Rock page on Facebook with 5,500 followers, told The Herald he hopes that one of the proposals is accepted. 'There's a whole process that you have to go through, and it's not easy,' he said in a phone call. WSDOT's R.B. McKeon told The Herald in a phone call that the process to save the rock us nearing a deadline. 'We need to know by early June if there is someone pursuing the process,' McKeon said. If no one is able take the rock, it could be preserved in smaller pieces, perhaps by a museum, she said. Because of its age and importance to the community, the Bellingham Rock is being registered as historic property through the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Cook said. The rock is also eligible for listing on the the National Register of Historic Places, according to the WSDOT website. 'We've signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Federal Highway Administration and the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, laying out the process we must follow,' WSDOT said.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man charged after allegedly holding newborn by foot while assaulting woman in Monongalia County
MORGANTOWN, (WBOY) — A man has been charged with allegedly strangling a woman and abusing an infant in Monongalia County. On May 12, deputies with the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of a dispute taking place at Timberline Apartments in Morgantown, according to a criminal complaint. While en route, deputies were advised that a female victim had gotten to a different residence and informed the occupants that Doryian Williams, 24, of Braddock, Pennsylvania, had punched her, deputies said. After officers arrived, the victim told them that Williams had taken her cell phone and 'restrained her from leaving' for multiple hours, according to the complaint. During the time Williams held the victim, he also grabbed a newborn infant from the victim, 'held [the infant] by the foot over the bed' and 'slammed [the infant] onto the bed' before knocking the adult victim to the ground and choking her, deputies said. Mary Lou Retton had 'screw top' wine bottle in her Porsche during DUI arrest in Fairmont, complaint says After choking the victim, Williams 'grabbed a handgun and held it in his hand while he began to yell at her angrily' and then struck the victim 'with the handgun multiple times,' according to the complaint. Williams has been charged with strangulation and child abuse. He is being held in North Central Regional Jail. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
