The Lake Whatcom Center will open the facility this month after years of renovation and a supportive grant from local sales tax funds.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An undated handout photo shows one of two sites in the Lake Whatcom watershed that the city of Bellingham, Wash., has agreed to ...

The city of Bellingham will begin negotiations for a selective timber harvest on protected land in the Lake Whatcom watershed following a unanimous Bellingham City Council vote Monday. City officials ...

Whatcom and more than 10 other Western Washington counties remain in a drought emergency because of record-low snowfall across the Cascades, the state Department of Ecology said Friday. “The drought ...

Bellingham Mountain Rescue completed its 55th response and rescued an injured hiker near Lake Whatcom. The rescue happened on Friday around 9:30 a.m. Bellingham Fire and South Whatcom Fire responded, ...

The third trial of an Arlington man accused of murdering his friend at Baker Lake east of Mount Baker in 2019 ended Thursday with a conviction for first-degree manslaughter in Whatcom County Superior ...

Perry Fire grows to 1,763 acres; crews protect park structures with fire wrap. Helicopters support containment as terrain limits ground crew access to fire. Smoke impacts air quality; trails and ...

An undated photo shows one of three wildfires burning in eastern Whatcom County National Park Service Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald A wildfire burning out of control in the North Cascades of ...