A Whatcom County jail inmate died Jan. 21 following a suicide attempt at the facility. Whatcom County Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald Jason Dean remembers his friend, Darren Nixon, as someone ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Northern Whatcom County got a double whammy from Mother Nature, snow, and winds. Driving north into Lynden, the winds swirled, now into drifts around barns, trees, and ditches.

Most Whatcom County schools are closed Tuesday after another inch or two of overnight snow and freezing temperatures that are ...

Snow began falling about 7 a.m. Saturday in areas south and east of Bellingham, the first substantial snowfall of the winter season. Bands of snow were sweeping from the north as temperatures hovered ...

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — The further north, the more snow and colder conditions were found in Whatcom County on Monday. Sunday ...

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Ryan Belik's days start cold and early when winter weather strikes Whatcom County. "We wake up to quite a few calls in the morning," he said. They are calls from people ...

A winter weather advisory is in effect for the Whatcom County lowlands. At least 1 to 3 inches of additional snow is possible from Saturday night to noon Monday in western Whatcom County ...

Several schools in northwest Whatcom County will be starting late on Wednesday in the face of unseasonably cold temperatures and drifting snow on rural roads. Only flurries were in the forecast ...

The Whatcom County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan does include a section on wildland fire and the county adopted a wildland fire-specific action plan in November 2023. But Whatcom County is still ...