The department has more than 150 employees who address homelessness, food safety, environmental health, communicable diseases ...

Champ Thomaskutty will be the next director of Whatcom County Health and Community Services, the county announced Thursday. He is currently a deputy health officer for Calvert County Health Department ...

The Check Out Washington program allows KCLS patrons to get a pass and an adventure pack that includes binoculars, and ...

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She said her 11 years telling stories at Whatcom County libraries informs her classes. Children ages 1-4 play with egg shakers, ribbon wands, a parachute and rhythm instruments.

News Release KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — The Kosciusko County Public Defender Agency has opened its doors in the Kosciusko County Justice Building. Due to the fact the agency is new, a logo contest has been ...

Jail alternative program aims to foster a safer community and reduce incarceration by meeting individual needs and addressing root causes of crime. Bellingham local Dustin Stephens says Whatcom County ...

HURLEY - Members of the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved a new county logo at their most recent meeting on July 29. Board chairman Larry Youngs said that, despite the vote, the board will ...

Jazz pianist Scot Ranney always remembers the way he was mentored by veteran musicians in the early 1990s. To him, there’s no better way to have musicians get their chops than to have young musicians ...

Several trails in Whatcom County are closed because of a wildfire burning in the mountains. The East Creek Fire was started by lightning on July 27 and is about 23 acres.

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Body cam video obtained by KING 5 shows the moments leading up to a Lummi Nation police officer allegedly being shot by a fugitive from Colorado.

Patricia Otto, a longtime Whatcom County resident, has made local news for securing a Conservation Easement with Whatcom Land Trust to preserve 100 acres at Agate Pond Preserve, where she lives.