Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents of Blue Canyon along the southeast shore of Lake Whatcom were waiting for news and watching the sky for signs that a ...

Sudden Valley Community Association recently voted to initiate talks with the city regarding the proposal.

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — People living in about 10 homes near the Lake Whatcom Fire remain on standby as crews continue fighting the lightning-sparked blaze. Whatcom County Sheriff’s officials late ...

Lake Whatcom is the source of drinking water for about 100,000 residents in Whatcom County, including Bellingham. Philip A. Dwyer pdwyer@bellinghamherald.com Sewage leaked into ditches along Lake ...

Bellingham is buying 20 acres of land in the hills above Lake Whatcom, part of its ongoing effort to reduce pollution and protect the watershed around its reservoir from development. City Council ...

In precious few places around Lake Whatcom, towering groves of trees offer a glimpse of what mature forests have to offer. Stands of 120-year-old cedars, hemlocks and Douglas-firs filter rainwater ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - What happened on the water Friday evening gave four friends quite the story to tell. Twin brothers Nick and Sam DeMuth, 17, where out in their boat, along with Nick Donath, 16, and ...