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Whatcom County is planning for flooding and erosion impacts as climate change accelerates, identifying at-risk communities and infrastructure.
Everson is still recovering from Nooksack River flooding after storms in 2020 and 2021 that killed an Everson man and caused more than $200 million in damage across Whatcom County. Everson ...
Habitat for Humanity Whatcom County Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald Everson is still recovering from Nooksack River flooding after storms in 2020 and 2021 that killed an Everson man and caused ...
On the ceiling of the sheriff’s office is a brown water spot on white tile, a black circle marking the edges. Walking down a hallway to two interview rooms, makeshift soundproofing is insufficient to ...
A trade war between the U.S. and Canada could have devastating financial effects in Whatcom County as America’s neighbors to the north shun cross-border travel, according to early data.
Dylan Deane-Boyle is on the front lines of it. Deane-Boyle has served as president and CEO of Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism for more than two years. He watched with apprehension as President Trump ...
The 5-2 decision, with Council Members Gary Vis and Brent Lenssen opposed, means Whatcom County no longer has any cities that treat their drinking water with the mineral additive. The city’s ...
SEATTLE — A Whatcom County man will spend at least five years in prison after being convicted of two felonies related to child sexual abuse material. Forty-seven-year-old Robert J. Howell Jr. of ...
At least one person is dead after a car crashed on Interstate 5 in Whatcom County Monday morning. It happened in the northbound lanes near milepost 268 and is impacting the commute. Troopers with ...
As the day went on, it just kept coming up," Lyons added. The flooding has affected many other parts of the county, like Highway 44, west of Shepherdsville. Crystal Sandoval was hoping to ...