Two flood disasters, just four years apart, each underscored the threat posed by the moody and volatile Nooksack River. The crises in 2021 and December 2025 have spurred increasingly urgent calls to ...

A proposed sales tax of one-tenth of 1% would cost shoppers about 10 cents on a $100 purchase in Whatcom County.

Whatcom County residents need to decide how they want to coexist with predators, including cougars. As we encroach on nature and force wildlife out of their traditional range, we need to consider our ...

SEATTLE – Whatcom County sheriff’s deputies had to hide in their patrol cars from about 250 million escaped honeybees, which started swarming and stinging after a commercial semitruck carrying the ...

A new analysis presented to the Whatcom County Council provided a preliminary estimate of the capacity needed for the new Whatcom County Jail. According to the analysis, the jail is projected to ...

Whatcom County contained two measles cases through rapid response and protocol. Health officials identified 33 contacts and spent 320 hours on containment efforts. Low MMR vaccination rates in ...

During the murder trial of Lynda Mercy in February 2026 in Whatcom County Superior Court, prosecutors held up a surfboard ...

A Whatcom County man was sentenced to prison for brutally assaulting his former partner. Jason Sieber Sr., a 50-year-old member of the Lummi Nation, will spend more than four years behind bars for ...

Decade of reliable service positions Bellingham-based company for continued growth in commercial cleaning mark ...

Whatcom County sheriff’s deputies had to hide in their patrol cars from about 14 million escaped honeybees, which started swarming and stinging after a commercial semitruck carrying the pollinators’ ...