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 ...

A deputy with the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office is recovering after being injured by what investigators describe as an ...

Brian T. Christensen was charged with three felonies following Gallardo’s death, including first-degree manslaughter. Gallardo died of an accidental overdose involving fentanyl and methamphetamine, ...

A Whatcom County deputy was injured after a gun he was recovering from a suspect was accidentally discharged Tuesday ...

A former Holly Community Services staff member who raped a developmentally disabled resident in his care was sentenced in Whatcom County Superior Court on Wednesday to a minimum of 80 months in prison ...

Washingtonians for a Sound Economy collected signatures to place the measure on the November 2024 ballot, but Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Lee Grochmal ruled in October that the initiative ...

Fewer people died from overdoses in Whatcom County in 2024, compared to 2023. While experts hesitate to call the dip in fatalities a trend yet, they say it’s encouraging after a year of countywide ...

A Washington man pleaded guilty Monday in Whatcom County (Washington) Superior Court to charges related to the exchange of explicit content with a 15-year-old Ocean Springs girl who he knew was a ...

On Jan. 7, Whatcom County Superior Court Judge David Freeman authorized the Washington State Department of Ecology’s WRIA 1 water adjudication to “commence.” The department had filed its initial ...

Rob Oftring, a spokesman for the L.A. County Superior Court, said the courts have a “constitutional duty to ensure timely access to justice” and noted that court employees are designated as ...