Two first-time council members, Elizabeth Boyle and Jessica Rienstra, were sworn in alongside two returning members.

Organizations can now apply for reimbursement from Whatcom County’s Healthy Children’s Fund to provide housing and basic needs to flood-impacted families with young children.

WHATCOM — Those impacted by flooding in the county came to the Whatcom County Council meeting on Jan. 13 to tell their county elected officials that changes need to happen now before another flood ...

The measure passed on a 5-2 vote Tuesday night after several revisions following an afternoon committee discussion.

At the Tuesday, Jan. 13 Whatcom County Council meeting, dozens of residents shared their experiences of the catastrophic December 2025 Nooksack River flood and asked the government for action.

Whatcom County Council members approved a long-term lease for a new Sheriff’s Office headquarters on Bellingham’s north side, allowing the agency to move from its current cramped and dilapidated ...

Bellingham voters appeared to be extending the terms of three City Council members, and a rural Whatcom County Council district was leaning toward a candidate backed by Democrats as the first round of ...

Whatcom County Council member Ben Elenbaas proposed six amendments to the economic section of the comprehensive plan in hopes ...

Dr. Aldo Fusaro's last day was Friday, County Executive Satpal Sidhu told county employees in an email.

Floating on rafts and inner tubes on the Nooksack River, a popular practice in the summer months as the river meanders through the South Fork Valley, has been outlawed to protect the threatened ...

The former Ryzex Inc. building at 4600 Ryzex Way in the Cordata area of Bellingham. It was most recently occupied by Blue Sea Systems, which moved to Mexico but was still leasing the empty building ...