She called the program “critical and vital,” and said a decrease in the number of people it could help would be “a huge ...

In Skagit, Lake Erie, Lake McMurray and Sixteen Lake will be a part of the derby. Lake Padden will be the only representative in Whatcom County.

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.