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Morning News



Wake up with KGMI’s Morning Team, weekdays 5-8 AM. Bellingham’s Morning News brings you breaking news from Whatcom County and beyond. KGMI’s Joe Teehan and Audra Schroeder give you the latest local, state, national and international news every morning, so you can start out your day informed about what’s happening in the world, as well as your own backyard. Listen here for the 6:05AM podcast.
 


Tune in for KGMI’s Morning News for Jeff Johnson’s dependable weather forecast  every ten minutes, Mark Scholten and sports at :15 and :45 on the hour, Marketwatch updates and indepth interviews with newsmakers on our Morning News Extra.
 


KGMI’s Morning News has won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast in the 5-state region three years in a row.

 


Audio updates from KGMI's newsroom.
Morning News Extra for 3/15/10 - Free Speech Forum
Jen Reidel, program director for Ralph Munro Institute for Civic Education, talks about a public forum on free speech in public schools held Tuesday, March 16th at 7 p.m. in the Bellingham City Council chambers.
Morning News Extra for 3/15/10 - Whatcom Dairy Ambassador
Whatcom County's new Dairy Ambassador 18-year-old Laurel Bareman tells us how she got the post and how she intends to represent Whatcom County's dairy industry.
Morning News and Sports for 3/15/10
Bellingham Roller Betties Kick-off Season
Joe and Audra talk with Debra Brown from the B\\\\\\\'ham Roller Betties about the new season, new locationa and the rise in popularity of roller derby.
Morning News and Sports for 3/12/10
Morning News Extra for 3/11/10 - People-Powered St. Patrick's Day Parade
Ava Agudelo from Sustainable Connections talks about this Saturday's St. Patricks Day Parade in Bellingham, and tells us how the parade will be a people-powered toward zero waste event.
Morning News Extra for 3/11/10 - AAA Defensive Driving Class
Danny Lilleness from Triple A Washington joins us to talk about their Defensive Driving Class March 23rd from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Christ the King Community Church on Meridian Street.
Morning News Extra for 3/11/10 - Doug Ericksen
Republican State Representative Doug Ericksen of Ferndale tells us he will be running for the state Senate after Dale Brandland announced he will not be seeking reelection.
Morning News and Sports for 3/11/10
Morning News Extra for 3/10/10 - Scrap Arts Music
Gregory Kozak, inventor of green instruments and Artistic Director of Scrap Arts Music, tells us about their upcoming performance on March 31st at the Mount Baker Theatre.
Morning News Extra for 3/10/10 - Firefighter Stairclimb
Corey Watters from Whatcom County Fire District #4 talks about the 19th annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle, where he placed 4th out of males 19 or younger.
Morning News and Sports for 3/10/10
Morning News Extra for 3/9/10 - MS Awareness Week
Tony, a Bellingham man who suffers from multiple sclerosis, tells us this is MS Awareness Week and talks about how he copes with the disease.
Morning News Extra for 3/9/10 - North Cascades Highway
Dustin Terpening from the Dept. of Transportation tells us how crews will begin clearing the North Cascades Highway on March 22nd.
Morning News and Sports for 3/9/10
Morning News Extra for 3/8/10 - Business Awards Banquet
Tony Larson, publisher of Northwest Business Monthly Magazine, talks about some of the local businesses and entrepreneurs being honored at their annual Whatcom County Business Person of the Year Awards Banquet on March 11th.
Morning News Extra for 3/8/10 - World Vision in Chile
Andre Vera, Communications Director for Washington-based World Vision, tells us how they are helping earthquake survivors in Chile.
Morning News and Sports for 3/8/10
Toyota Crash Victim
Ron Eves, the father of a Bellingham man who died in 2007 when his new Toyota Tundra struck a tree at high speed.
Morning News and Sports for 3/5/10
Whatcom County Home & Garden Show
Diana Bailey from the BIAWC talks about the Home & Garden Show in Lynden. The event takes place this weekend.
Whatcom Democrats Strategy
Morning News Extra for 3/4/10 - Pickford Oscars Party
Michael Falter from the Pickford Film Center offers his Oscar preditions and tells us about their Academy Awards party this Sunday in Bellingham.
Morning News Extra for 3/4/10 - AARP Tax Help
Carlton Nathan, local tax-aide coordinator for the AARP, says they're offering free tax help at four locations, two in Bellingham and two in Ferndale.
Morning News and Sports for 3/4/10
Morning News Extra for 3/3/10 - Jail Overcrowding
Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo tells us they are booking fewer inmates to ease overcrowding at the Whatcom County Jail.
Morning News Extra for 3/3/10 - World Vision in Chile
Anne Duffey, spokesperson for World Vision headquartered in Federal Way, talks about their recent relief efforts in quake-ravaged Chile.
Morning News and Sports for 3/3/10
Morning News Extra for 3/2/10 - No Refinery Tax
Former Bellingham mayor and environmentalist Mark Asmundson tells us why he opposes and increased tax on oil refineries.
Morning News Extra for 3/2/10 - CERT training
Whatcom County CERT coordinator Bob Jacobson says you can be prepared for natural disasters with training classes begining next month at Bellingham Technical College.
Morning News and Sports for 3/2/10
Morning News Extra for 3/1/10 - Olympics Security
Mark Beatty, federal coordinator for the Dept. of Homeland Security, recaps the department's security efforts at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Morning News Extra for 3/1/10 - Fire Chief Bill Boyd
Bellingham Fire Chief Bill Boyd joins us with breaking news about the devestating fire at Pace's Antique Complex.
Morning News and Sports for 3/1/10
Dillon at the Olympics
Our own KGMI's Dillon Honcoop talks about hs two weeks in Vancouver covering the Olympics
Morning News and Sports for 2/26/10
Sustainable Farming
Laura Ridenour, the Food and Farming Manager for Sustainable Connections discusses community supported agriculture
Hockey Gold
Joe and Audra talk with Alana Collins, the Hockey Director at the Sportsplex about the U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey team going for the gold today.
Morning News and Sports for 2/25/10
10th Annual Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
Joe and Audra talk with Shirley Osterhaus about the festival
Bellingham Fire Chief Bill Boyd Talk Medic One
Joe and Audra discuss the Medic One Mediation with Chief Boyd
Morning News and Sports for 2/24/10
North Cascades National Park
Joe and Audra talk with Joe Riedel about his talk he will be giving titled "Thirsty Mountain Tops: Decline of Frost Brewed Glaciers"
Washington Portrait
Joe and Audra talk with Lizz Roberts of the Whatcom County Library System and Reagan Robinson with the Lynden Library about the permanent placement of a George Washington portrait
Morning News and Sports for 2/23/10
Olympic Blogger
Joe and Audra talk with Crai Bower of skiresorts.com. He is a blogger currently in Vancouver, B.C. covering the Olympics.
Morning News and Sports for 2/22/10
Border Security
Mark Beatty with the Department of Homeland Security talk about Olympic security on our side of the border
US Hockey Team
Joe and Audra talk with US Womens Hockey Team Member Karen Thatcher's dad, Richard Thatcher. Karen is from Blaine, Wahington. Richard has attended all three US Olympic Women's hockey games.
4 Year Old Raising Funds For Haiti
Joe and Audra talk with the father of a local child raising money to help victims of the Haiti earthquake.
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