Nooksack News

The surging mass of bathers whooped and hollered as they dashed into the chill winter waters, monitored by safety divers in wetsuits just offshore at Sandy Point State Park in Maryland.

South Fork Valley's low-power community radio station is back on the air, but it will need a fresh infusion of people power and fundraising if its going to stick around long-term. Broadcast from Van Zandt Community Hall, the station reaches perhaps 10,000 residents, from Nooksack and Maple Falls south to Acme and west to Smith Road and Mount Baker ... (more)

Don't even try to keep up with the Joneses when it comes to New Year's Day polar bear plunges.

The Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, a nonprofit habitat restoration group, will accept donations of living Christmas trees after the holiday.

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? Here is some advice on what can be recycled and how, from Calvin Den Hartog of Nooksack Valley Disposal & Recycling and Rodd Pemble of SSC.