Grow Your Business by Advertising Where Your Best Prospects Are

High-impact, flat-rate advertising for businesses that want to reach 50,000+ locals quickly, easily, repeatedly.

Choose Your Impact Level

The Small Business Starter ($95/mo): Perfect for local service providers. Consistent local visibility for less than the cost of a daily latte.

The Growth Engine ($285/mo): For businesses ready to dominate the local market. 3x the visibility of the Small Business Starter.

The Enterprise Leader ($475/mo): Maximum saturation at 5xthe visibility of the Small Business Starter. Be the name the county remembers when they need your services.

Why Whatcom News Beats the Competition

No Paywalls: Your ads aren’t hidden behind a subscription preventing readers from seeing your ads. You get the bigger audience as a result.

Ad Friendly Layout: We optimize for 70% of readers using mobile, small screen readers, placing your ads where they are most visible to the most people.

High Intent: Our readers are actively looking for local information, not scrolling past cat memes.

The “No-Hassle” Promise

No Contracts: We believe in our value. Stay because it works, not because a lawyer said so.

Free Creative: Don’t have an ad? Our team will design a professional banner and square ad for you at no extra cost.

Predictable Billing: One invoice, one price. No “surprise” overage charges based on traffic spikes. And no maximum visibility limits resulting on your ads going dark.

Every advertiser gets to place both banner and square ads (no need to choose, you get both). Ad graphics can come from you or someone you hire, or we are available to build them for free.

The required dimensions are (WxH):

Banner – 730px by up to 100px
Square – 300px by up to 250px