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Whatcom County and its seven cities are planning for unprecedented growth through the middle of this century, adding nearly 70,000 new residents for an expected 30% population increase. Estimates show ...
Gov. Bob Ferguson says federal funds are needed to address $34 million in damage caused by the storm, and that the state will ...
A native Washingtonian from south of Seattle, Pendragyn is one of several hundred people — exactly 512 — who switched driver’s licenses or ID cards from California to a Whatcom County address ... for ...
Lynden made a break from its past on Monday night when city leaders voted to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water ...
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.
The reduction in visitors has been a result of emotions as much as policy, according to Allison Calder, a Point Roberts resident who leads Whatcom County’s Point Roberts Community Advisory ...
THOMASVILLE- Thomas County Public Works reports over 1,500 bags of litter are collected weekly on public roads. Public Works employs several strategies to manage litter on county-maintained roads.
Butts County Public Works is hiring a full-time Mechanic to maintain and repair county vehicles and machinery, requiring a ...
With Dickerson stepping in to manage the engineering and construction activities of county road projects, the two top ...
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 ...
This is Vanags’ second trial in Whatcom County Superior Court, with the first one ending in a hung jury in 2022. Members of the current jury were not told that the proceedings were a retrial.