A skier in the backcountry area of Mount Baker and Snoqualmie National Park died after falling head-first into deep snow and ...

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 ...

Giant snow drifts, snowy roads and deep accumulations. This is what Whatcom County, Washington, still looks like days later ...

Snow began falling about 7 a.m. Saturday in areas south and east of Bellingham, the first substantial snowfall of the winter ...

What better way to get people together than to talk about a book, ask organizers of Whatcom READS. For 17 years, the program has connected people across the county for a profound — and fun — ...

The city of Bellingham, Wash., is set to acquire forest land near Lake Whatcom with the intention of protecting the city’s drinking water source. The city is purchasing the 754 acres property for ...

Bellingham’s latest effort to preserve land from logging and development in the Lake Whatcom watershed is its largest purchase since the program started more than 20 years ago, according to city ...

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Fewer people died from overdoses in Whatcom County in 2024, compared to 2023. While experts hesitate to call the dip in fatalities a trend yet, they say it’s encouraging after a year of countywide ...