These curated articles highlight three dramatic rescue missions in Whatcom County's backcountry during 2025. They ...

“The hatchery Chinook salmon returning to Whatcom Creek are a collaborative success story between Bellingham Technical College, the state, co-manager tribes, and the City of Bellingham.” ...

Whatcom County will be getting a new agricultural research station, a working farm where scientists can study crop production and support an economic sector that brings in more than $1 billion ...

An adult in Whatcom County has a confirmed case of mumps. County officials say there is no risk to the general public at this time. Mumps is a contagious viral infection that affects the salivary ...

A man who was found dead in Whatcom Creek Friday, May 6, suffered from heart disease and likely drowned, Whatcom County Medical Examiner Gary Goldfogel said in an email Tuesday. The man ...

Water consumption during the winter is about 7.2-7.4 million gallons a day. Summer consumption rises to 10.5-11.5 million gallons per day.

A long-term fix for containing the naturally occurring asbestos and metals that flow into Swift Creek depends on $5.8 million that Whatcom County has asked the Legislature to set aside in the 2017 ...

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Flooded communities in Whatcom County are being warned of asbestos exposure from a decades-old landslide on Sumas Mountain. Swift Creek, located on the west side of the ...

Fishing in the part of Whatcom Creek that flows through downtown will end more than five weeks early this year because chum salmon are returning in low numbers. The closure begins Friday, Nov. 22 ...

The Washington Department of Ecology has partnered with Whatcom Land Trust on a conservation project that would protect coastal wetland and the fish and wildlife who depend on it.

Officers shot and killed a man in Whatcom County Saturday night as he reportedly fired a gun in several directions from a small boat. ... 17-year-old hiker dies after 30-foot fall at Falls Creek .

Fishing in the part of Whatcom Creek that flows through downtown will end more than five weeks early this year because chum salmon are returning in low numbers. The closure begins Friday, Nov. 22 ...