Base Camp won’t be available and the Lighthouse Mission, which is opening in October, won’t have the staff to take the 100 people it’s designed for this winter. “We would definitely like ...

Whatcom County's cold weather shelter has housed 230 different people this winter. That's double the usual number. In fact, more people used the shelter by the end of January than all of last winter.

Two months before wintry weather could start affecting Western Washington, Whatcom County still needs a building where it can run a severe weather shelter, one that can be activated when extreme ...

A winter wonderland sweeping through south Bellingham, during the first weekend of February. Marking the first time this year snowfall has hit Whatcom County. "A lot of snow happens around here ...

Whatcom County’s Severe Weather Shelter officially ended its operations for the season after it “sheltered more people in a larger facility with more support for our guests than any previous ...

In Whatcom County, there will be just half of the number of snowplow drivers needed this winter, and it’s a problem that will likely impact just about any place that gets snow.

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WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. -- Investigators in Whatcom County are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that burned a building at a popular soccer complex near Bellingham. The fire happened at about ...

Many Bellingham and Whatcom County residents made their morning commutes Monday, Nov. 7, amid the first lowland snow flurries of the season as frigid air is heading south from British Columbia in ...

A lease agreement will require County Council approval. Whatcom County is contributing $450,000 for the severe weather shelter, and the city of Bellingham will be asked to add about $100,000, he said.