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 potential development comes as the county faces the loss of established off-road trails in Lake Crabtree County Park, on ...

Lautenbach Recycling plans to build a recycling center that accepts construction and demolition materials in Bellingham’s Irongate industrial neighborhood.

Unseasonably cold temperatures were expected to continue through this week, along with intermittent snow showers in the Western Washington lowlands, forecasters at the National Weather Service in ...

Between 1924 and 1968, the Pacific Highway (U.S. Highway 99) spanned the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico across Washington, Oregon, and California. Bellingham's stretches of its earliest highways ...

On Tuesday, the City of Bellingham announced that they have acquired 754 acres of forestland in the Lake Whatcom watershed. This comes after the Bellingham City Council approved the purchase at the ...

To put together a better picture of the devastation, I compiled a list of the trails affected, determined via the mapping tool CalTopo. By cross-referencing its maps and the fire footprints with ...

To put together a better picture of the damage, I consulted mapping tool CalTopo, cross-referencing its maps and the fire footprints with lists of local hiking trails to determine which routes ...

Whatcom County is known for its unique breweries, restaurants and coffee shops, but seven local eateries are currently listed for sale by their owners. Some of these current real estate listings ...

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (WSAW) - Snowmobile trails in Vilas County opened to riders at 8 a.m. Friday. The county has more than 500 miles of snowmobile trails that connect its 12 communities. Trails are ...

In contrast, LA County trails and about 20 parks remain closed, with extensive damage reported in areas like Eaton Canyon and the Pacific Palisades. Tragically, the Eaton Canyon Nature Center and ...

and development of an access trail and trailhead parking, Russek said. However, he noted the new infrastructure will take time to develop in coordination with the camp, the county, and township.