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Authorities arrested a man for multiple charges related to child rape following a four-month investigation. Raymond Wolf ...
Monthly unemployment rates for Whatcom County and Bellingham increased in February, while Washington’s rate also increased and rose to the 13th highest rate in the country. Whatcom County had a ...
A Whatcom County man was sentenced to prison for brutally assaulting his former partner. Jason Sieber Sr., a 50-year-old ...
How the Washington state budget affects K-12 education at Whatcom County schools ... We have a responsibility to ensure that every student in Whatcom County receives the education they deserve.
The commercial truck hauling the honeybees overturned at about 4 a.m. in Whatcom County, Washington, which borders Canada's British Columbia, the sheriff's office said in a social media post.
Whatcom County’s median income was $70,011, based on 2021 census data. Its investment income was $39,353, and the county’s median home value was $569,207.
K9 units from the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) and Bellingham Police Department (BPD) are among the first in Washington state to be certified for fentanyl detection, according to an ...
Whatcom County residents among those pushing for rail safety Custer, Washington was the site of a fiery train derailment in 2020. It's one of many U.S. cities left wondering if more can be done.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says a black bear was killed on Wednesday after it attacked a jogger in central Whatcom County. The man was jogging on a trail in a forested area ...
Troopers with Washington State Patrol say a construction worker was killed Tuesday morning by a vehicle working on the same project. It happened in Whatcom County on East Smith Road and Noon Road.
Increasingly, living on the streets in Whatcom County means dying on the streets. In 2020, 39 unhoused people passed. That number grew to 46 people in 2021, then 57 people the following year.
Ecology said that Tuesday’s drought declaration was an extension and expansion of an order from 2023, which also included Whatcom County. This story was originally published April 16, 2024, 4:07 PM.