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 ...

The Lummi Nation Blackhawks boys and girls basketball teams swept the 1B District 1 championships on their home court Tuesday, Feb. 11. “For the girls to get a district title and put it in the trophy ...

Hip-hop lovers are in for a nostalgic treat at this year’s Northwest Washington Fair. On Friday, Aug. 15, three iconic names ...

Western Washington University paid a $18,032 penalty for violations of state and federal hazardous waste management requirements.

La Conner School District’s replacement programs and operations levy is poised to pass, based on initial results released ...

This was the first package of outdoor recreation bills developed by Congress and the measure will expand Americans’ access to public lands and waters. The new legislation encompasses federal public ...

The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is responding to an incident near the intersection of West Axton Road and Guide Meridian Road north of Bellingham.

When Meridian High School’s longtime volleyball coach Shannon Claeys stepped down at the end of last season, her varsity assistant Angie Short was a shoo-in for the job. Claeys, now the assistant, has ...

Meridian senior Sophia Brooks began playing soccer in kindergarten to follow in her three older brothers’ footsteps. “We are all super competitive,” Brooks said. “It can get intense at times but we ...

In a Facebook post, Firehouse Arts and Event Center said a break-in had occurred either late in the evening on Feb. 8, or early morning on Feb. 9. The perpetrator smashed the glass doors and made away ...

Johnson, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, opened the competition with the fourth-fastest time in the downhill portion. Shiffrin, 29, had the third-fastest run in the slalom to give the Americans the victory ...

A skier in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest backcountry was killed last week in a snow immersion accident. It’s the first backcountry death in the area of 2025.