Acme News

A package of proposed changes would reduce development potential in dozens of rural areas throughout Whatcom County, but it would still allow some rural centers to continue moderate growth.

Mount Vernon resident Bill Thomas carefully washes lighter material out of his pan as he searches for small pieces of gold earlier this month in the South Fork Nooksack River.

Ten teachers in the Ferndale and Mount Baker school districts received Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century grants through the state.

Whatcom County will consider allowing the major expansion of a gravel and sand pit south of Acme, after County Council members voted to docket the request for study this year.

If you had to picture what a typical birdwatcher looks like, you might imagine an older person with a dusty pair of binoculars and a fanny pack trekking through the forest.

Concrete Nor'West wants to change zoning to allow gravel and sand mining operations on 280 acres south of Acme, and other landowners want to build an age 55-plus community with medical and retail space in Birch Bay.

Two community meetings have been set this week for the proposed South Fork Park.

A 65-year-old Acme woman was in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a one-car accident on Highway 9 this morning, according to the State Patrol.

Fourteen areas throughout Whatcom County could receive a designation allowing them to continue growing with more density than rural areas are supposed to.

Roads, streets and bridges across Whatcom County incurred substantial damage from the January flooding, and local governments have reported it will cost them at least $5.3 million for repairs.

Up to an inch of snow may fall on Deming, Maple Falls, Kendall and other areas in the North Cascades foothills Saturday, Jan.

They are so caring of each other. They are out there fixing their houses and their neighbor's houses.

More than two dozen roads throughout Whatcom County have sections that have been washed away, and the cost of repairing them will reach into the millions, the country road engineer said.

The flooding may have subsided but the rebuilding of Whatcom County roads, levees, homes and businesses has just begun.

Flood waters continued to recede Monday, Jan. 12, but nearly 100 roads across Whatcom County remained closed in whole or part.

For thousands of people, home Wednesday night became a church basement or a school gymnasium.

Whatcom County has declared an emergency to help officials deal with flooded roads and mudslides caused by heavy rain.

A warm-weather system bringing heavy rainfall into Whatcom County has forecasters predicting that the Nooksack River will flood near Deming and Acme the morning of Wednesday, Jan 7. The National Weather Service ...

Rural landowners across Whatcom County could see development potential on their properties reduced under proposals soon to be drafted.

Sy Eubanks of Acme and Richard LaPointe of La Conner stand at the bus terminal at Skagit Station in Mount Vernon on Thursday.