Whatcom County News

The windstorm that blew through here early Tuesday caused minor flooding and scattered outages to about 1,500 customers in the Bellingham area and elsewhere in Whatcom County, according to Puget Sound Energy.

The windstorm that whipped through Whatcom County Wednesday night, Nov. 18, left power outages, road closures and other debris in its wake, but the weekend looks to offer relief.

A joint investigation by local and federal narcotics agents led to the Nov. 13 arrest of two men who are suspected of planning to smuggle five pounds of methamphetamine into Canada.

A high wind watch and flood watch has been issued for western Whatcom County through Tuesday, Nov.

Whatcom County residents who don't fall into the priority groups for receiving the H1N1 vaccine might have to wait past December to get their dose because supplies likely will remain limited in the coming months.

The National Weather Service is warning of possible damaging 40 mph winds with gusts to 60 on Monday night and Tuesday morning from the Washington coast, through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and into Whatcom and Skagit counties.

Police have arrested a man after he allegedly stole a pencil from a Bellingham store even though he was carrying $600 in cash.

Here are some of the events scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 11 and later this week to honor military veterans in Whatcom County.

Police have arrested a man after he allegedly stole a pencil from a Bellingham store even though he was carrying $600 in cash.

While there are signs the economy is getting back on its feet, the prospect of recovery in the job market is still way off in the horizon.

Strangers passed a box of tissues down Main Street in Ferndale Thursday, Nov. 12, as throngs of supporters awaited the motorcade carrying the body of Spc.

A fighter plane from the World War II-era flying over Whatcom County for Veterans Day safely made an emergency landing at Bellingham International Airport after smoke filled the cockpit.

Whatcom County Public Works staff is currently spread among five different buildings.

A Custer, Whatcom County, man was one of two Fort Lewis soldiers killed Thursday in Afghanistan when the Stryker vehicle he was driving went over a buried explosive, according to his family.

County leaders want to leave Geneva and Hillsdale as urban growth areas so Bellingham can pull them into city limits, but they only want rural levels of growth there because those areas are in the Lake Whatcom watershed.

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail.

Representatives from local law enforcement agencies will be in Seattle Friday, Nov.

After more than 13 hours battling a blaze that heavily damaged Whatcom Middle School on Thursday, Nov.

An early morning fire all but destroyed a Bellingham middle school that has served Whatcom County kids for more than 100 years.

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail.