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Starting this summer, 65 locations on more than two dozen state highways in King, Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Island ...
Residents who draw their water directly from Lake Whatcom are being advised to boil their water after a wastewater system ...
Wearing a hard hat and a neon-green safety vest, Whitney Osiensky signals a ditch digger to pause the excavator’s bucket near ...
Several cities and counties in WA have banned or limited the use of fireworks. Here's what you need to know before the holiday.
Whatcom County is planning for flooding and erosion impacts as climate change accelerates, identifying at-risk communities and infrastructure.
Miriam Karamoko is relatively new to Whatcom County, but is poised to become a familiar face. In August 2024, the Seattle transplant and Western Washington University graduate was named inaugural ...
Candidates elected to the Whatcom County Charter Review Commission could give voters a chance for a different election format with ranked choice voting.
An interactive map detailing historical and ongoing habitability issues and property management concerns in Whatcom County is expanding its reach to surrounding counties in the state after seeing ...
A group of residents in Whatcom County are opposing a proposed 70-acre rock quarry due to concerns about the environment, noise and safety.
Several communities in Whatcom County are going to be affected with future sea level rise. That’s the prediction of a model created to determine how the county will react to flooding, and it is ...
An animated forecast map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed low-level smoke drifting over Northwest Washington, including Whatcom County.