Nooksack News

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

Once the presents are opened and the gifts are stacked high, it's time to answer the age-old holiday question: What do I do with all these wrappings and bows? This time of year, the amount of trash and recycling produced tends to increase.

Northwest Washington steelheading options will tighten even more in the next three days with emergency closures on portions of the Cascade and North Fork Stillagaumish River.

Living Christmas trees can be used to help salmon, under an effort launched by Bellingham-based Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association.

Deming Homestead Eagle Park is a good place to see bald eagles in December as they gather to feed on salmon carcasses.

The Nooksack and Lummi tribes, as well as the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association and a weed control board, are being awarded $951,215 to protect endangered salmon and restore their habitat in Whatcom County.

Whatcom County Councilman Bob Kelly resigned his District 1 seat effective Thursday, Nov.

The National Weather Service says the high winds that hit Western Washington early Monday will be followed by a stronger system Monday night and Tuesday with possible damaging winds.

Mary Jo Case of Bellingham, at left, and Joan "Casey" Firra, now of Dallas, visited Nooksack Falls on Oct.

The National Weather Service says heavy rains have filled some Western Washington rivers.

Jeff Paulat walked slowly along the Nooksack River bridge at the edge of town, using a green nylon rope to drag a small orange plastic trimaran along the churning surface of the grayish-brown water, from one end of the bridge to the other.

Voters may be asked to increase the local sales tax for Whatcom Transportation Authority, after some agency board members expressed interest in putting it on a 2010 ballot.

The weather is expected to change rapidly Thursday, Nov. 5, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flood watch for Whatcom County.

The National Weather Service says a storm will blow into Western Washington on Thursday with gusty winds and rains that will fill rivers in Mason and Whatcom counties.

Rena Guerin, who currently sits in the Nooksack City Council, Position 1 spot, is running for re-election against Daniel Bennett on the Nov.

Whatcom County residents are encouraged to volunteer their time and help the community Saturday, Oct.

A Nooksack man was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 15, for fleeing the scene of a crash he caused at Alabama and James streets on New Year's Day that injured two women.

Dale Stopperan, the assistant principal at Nooksack Valley Middle School, has been named the 2010 state assistant principal of the year.

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

Bree Park registered 14 kills and 22 digs to lead Meridian to a 25-11, 26-28, 25-17, 25-16 Northwest Conference volleyball win over Nooksack Valley on Tuesday, Sept.