Air quality in Whatcom County got a “D” for 24-hour particle pollution because of wildfire smoke, according to the American Lung Association’s 2025 “State of the Air” report. Other counties across ...

Whatcom County is planning for flooding and erosion impacts as climate change accelerates, identifying at-risk communities and infrastructure.

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 ...

Representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained several dozen people during a raid at Mount Baker Roofing in Bellingham on Wednesday. Employees told a Herald reporter ...

SEARCH OUR MAP: How did your Harris County neighborhood vote in the presidential election? “I spent that whole entire campaign in seven states,” he said. “We as Democrats are going to have ...

A prominent Whatcom County farming labor activist who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Tuesday has been moved to a federal detention center in Tacoma ...

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Amtrak announced yesterday, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, that several routes nationwide were cancelled due to the removal of some passenger cars from service. Of these, 26 cars ...

PROVO — School district boundary maps for the new three districts in north Utah County were approved Tuesday by the County Commission. Alpine School District will be splitting into three school ...

A fire in Collier County Wednesday threatened homes and forced evacuations. Weather alerts via text: Sign up to get updates about current storms and weather events by location The biggest ...

CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara County and the rest of the state, showing land in moderate, high or very high hazard zones. There was a big expansion of zones ...

Zeferino is a political activist in Whatcom County. Sattva Photo/Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald “I know Lelo. We were just together in Olympia for an advocacy day,” said protester and C2C ...

but there are six county-enacted burn bans in central and southwest Florida, according to the Florida Forest Service’s burn ban map. Note that burning yard debris is always prohibited in Duval ...