As part of the study, the consultants are asking Birch Bay residents, both permanent and seasonal, to respond to a survey about public services. Respondents will share how they feel about existing ...

Fine particles — a type of inhalable particulate matter — pose a great health risk due to their ability to be inhaled. The study found that AFOs raise fine particle levels by 28% near cattle ...

A jury found a Blaine man guilty on Aug. 18 of attempting to kill his girlfriend. The decision came after four days of trial in Whatcom County Superior Court and three hours of jury deliberation ...

One person died after a fishing accident on Aug. 11 off the coast of Point Roberts, according to the United States Coast Guard. Witnesses reported a 25-foot skiff taking on water with two people on ...

But that hasn’t stopped Bellingham’s Danny Brocker, 43, and his son Lincoln Brocker, 13, who competed at the Loretta Lynn Amateur National Motocross Championships in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, from ...

The bridge, which is more than 90 years old, connects Marblemount to land directly east as part of Cascade River Road. The closure will be from Sept. 2–16, according to a Skagit County news release.

A Blaine-area resident has filed a lawsuit against the City of Blaine, alleging the city government violated the state Public Records Act by failing to adequately respond to a substantial public ...

The current Hardware Sales Ales lineup includes the Hazy Contractor and Tool Fair beers (Stemma Brewing Co.), Claw Hammered Beer (Beach Cat Brewing Co.), Max Rips (North Fork Brewery) and Lawn Mower ...

Less than 82% percent of Whatcom kindergartners and 86.3% of Skagit kindergartners in fall 2024 were fully compliant with state vaccination requirements. That’s below the state average of 87%. In fall ...

When it finally came, she and a crew of research technicians rushed to Tacoma to pull hundreds of chinook salmon out of Commencement Bay as part of a study on how the fish are affected by stormwater.

Bellingham’s Jonas Ecker has added two more world championship medals to his already impressive resume. By age 22, the sprint kayaker has competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, the U23 World ...

Bellingham’s stormwater problem is especially bad because of how the city was built. European settlers didn’t care about protecting the environment when they arrived. They were constructing wood pulp ...