A skier in the backcountry area of Mount Baker and Snoqualmie National Park died after falling head-first into deep snow and suffocating, according to Dr. Aldo Fusaro, Chief Medical Examiner for ...

Recent arrests of undocumented immigrants in Skagit and Whatcom counties have resulted in strikes, protests and a regrouping ...

Based on what he’s heard and observed, Henkle said vacation rental owners are “almost never there.” Every day, he said, he sees homes sitting empty in Glacier that he suspects are short-term rentals.

Stacker compiled a ranking of the counties with the highest unemployment in Washington using data from the BLS.

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 ...