What could be the final map of Whatcom County’s five new voting districts has been presented, but the partisan committee members who can amend the map showed no signs they were any closer to ...

Nothing was easy about a fire that Whatcom County Fire Districts 1 and 14 were called to Friday morning on East Badger Road — not locating it and certainly not fighting it. “It was just a ...

Whatcom 4 contracts with North Whatcom Fire & Rescue (NWFR) for emergency services and covers more than 10,000 people over 40 square miles in the communities of Van Wyck, East Smith Road, and ...

Whatcom County Fire District 16 does have insurance, but Maleng still has to pay a $500 deductible, he said. "My district – struggles like a lot of other things – with budget and money. And we ...

Hoffman said Whatcom County Fire District 7 is responding now to 25% more calls related to mental illness or other issues that are no longer being taken by police because of new reform laws.Police ...

Whatcom County sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of a trailer fire encountered an unusual roadblock when the trailer’s resident refused to leave the home as the fire grew. Leroy ...

Fire crews and Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to reports of an explosion and house fire in the 1500 block of Falcon Lane around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, according to a ...

DeVenere worked with Whatcom County Fire District 7 since 2000, and was a volunteer firefighter for several years before that, according to The Bellingham Herald.

Sudden Valley was added to the District 2 response area in the 1970s, and District 2 joined South Whatcom Fire Authority in 2009, along with volunteer fire districts serving Chuckanut, Lake Samish ...

Whatcom County Fire District 14 crews were called to Racehorse Falls around 2 p.m. on the report that a victim had fallen off a cliff at the top of the falls. Upon arrival, ...

A Whatcom County woman died this week when her mobile home was destroyed by fire, officials said. Chief Hank Maleng of Whatcom County Fire District 16 said the woman, whose name wasn’t released ...

Whatcom County Fire District 7 Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald. One Whatcom family’s unfortunate loss in a fire is a lesson for all as laundry caused an estimated $35,000 worth of damage to ...