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Tribal News
2 months ago
Lummi Tribal Sewer and Water District receives national recognition for its wastewater treatment plant

The Environmental Protection Agency’s PISCES program presented an award celebrating upgrades made to the Gooseberry Point Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Seal pup resting on a blue grid mat inside a blue enclosure, with a white patterned neck pillow beside it.
Local
2 months ago
Seal pup euthanized after being found with gunshot wound near Bellingham

A local response team says this is the third seal they’ve treated for a gunshot wound this year and the first pup.

Weather
2 months ago
Air Quality Alert issued in Whatcom, Skagit counties, heat advisory in Whatcom

Smoke from wildfires in BC and central Washington are moving into our area.

Harbor seal pup resting on a blue mesh surface, facing left with speckled gray fur.
Trending
2 months ago
Seal pup found with gunshot wound in Bellingham

This is the third gunshot injury discovered in a WA marine animal in 2026.

Local
2 months ago
Whatcom County’s Wildfire Risk, What You Need to Know | Contributed

The county in the vortex of a Red Flag wildfire warning and officials are upgrading the Burn Ban to Stage 2 as heat, wind and other conditions lead to critical fire weather conditions.

Mountain ridge at sunrise with soft fog filling the valleys and distant hills bathed in warm light
Environmental
2 months ago
Rapidly growing fire rages in Okanogan County as Chelan Hills nears containment

Douglas County is offering a $25,000 reward in the suspected human-caused blaze, which claimed one life.

Split landscape: left shows a rugged mountain slope with a wildfire smoke plume; right shows a forested riverbank with distant smoke.
Local
2 months ago
Luna Fire grows to seven acres in east Whatcom County

Two other minor blazes in the North Cascades National Park were fully contained over the weekend.

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Health and Wellness
2 months ago
BC wildfire causing smoky air conditions in Whatcom County

The fire has been burning north of Hope, B.C. since Thursday, July 2.

Traffic
2 months ago
Both directions of I-5 to be reduced to one lane for two weeks south of Bellingham

WSDOT is encouraging drivers to consider using SR 9 or Chuckanut Drive to avoid delays.

Environmental
3 months ago
Whatcom County clean water projects funded through Ecology grants, loans

Over $5.6 million will go towards several projects in the county, plus 8 more projects in neighboring counties received funds.

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