Two flood disasters, just four years apart, each underscored the threat posed by the moody and volatile Nooksack River. The ...

To help prevent the station from flooding in the future, Aqua Dam Inc. recently donated a flood-control dam to District 14, according to the news release. The flood-control dam, valued at $44,665, is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Whatcom County judge has rejected an effort to remove the Sumas area from a lawsuit that seeks to determine who owns water ...

Acknowledging the risk while refusing to fund its mitigation is not a strategy — it is a gamble with public money, public ...

A $5.5 million streamflow restoration grant from Ecology added 1,600 acres to the Stewart Mountain Community Forest in the Nooksack Basin. Photo courtesy of Stewart Mountain Community Forest ...

The Nooksack River flows at Nugents Corner in Whatcom County. Rachel Showalter The Bellingham Herald A Whatcom County judge has rejected an effort to remove the Sumas area from a lawsuit that seeks to ...

"Between the Ocean and the Sky” is a ceramic sculpture that was built specifically for the Bellingham Public Works Operations Center by artist Clayton Binkley of Seattle. The sculpture is made with ...

The best scenario for local drought conditions would be if colder temperatures stuck around through March. Here’s why.

The Washington State House and Senate have both released their supplemental capital budget proposals. Lawmakers in the ...

EVERSON, Wash — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson says he is requesting more federal disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after December’s historic floods caused at least ...

B.C.’s emergency minister, the mayor of Abbotsford and the chief of Sumas First Nation are in the nation’s capital this week, pushing for federal action to help solve the rising flood risk in the ...

Commentary: As flooding worsens, effective solutions must address the root causes across the entire river system.