whatcom county

Thanks to an atmospheric river from the Pacific, portions of Washington, especially western Washington, have delt with record flooding over the past week.

To help young people in Northwest Washington better understand from where their food comes, Whatcom Farm Circle will return for the 10th year this November.

In 2024, the Washington Department of Ecology decided to do a water adjudication in Whatcom County, impacting both surface and ground water.

The Washington Department of Ecology and RAN General Partnership, and its owner Rick Alamwala, announced last week a settlement over a $20,000 penalty.

According to the state Department of Ecology, drought conditions continue in central Washington and may be developing in the northern and even western parts of the state.  And the recent Water Supply Availability Committee meeting indicated existing drought conditions are likely to persist through the summer, and in some areas, conditions may worsen. T...

Last week, the USDA announced it is funding additional projects across Washington via the Rural Energy for America Program in an effort to lower costs, expand access to clean energy as well as strengthen farms and small businesses.  Helen Price Johnson, Rural Development Director for Washington said $5.1 million...

FSA has designated half a dozen Washington counties as primary natural disaster areas due to drought.  The designation allows for the FSA to send emergency credit through emergency loans to producers in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanagan and Skagit counties.  According to the ...

Dairy producers in Washington's Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish counties, should mark their calendars for August 21st.  That’s when the NW Dairy Nutrient Management Field Day takes place at Coldstream Farms, located at 2304 Valley Hwy, Deming, WA.   Accord...

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene presented Snohomish County with a $750K check for its Food and Farming Center, which will serve as a crucial resource hub for fruit and vegetable farmers across Snohomish, Whatcom, Skagit, and King counties.

A nonprofit group representing the irrigation needs of farmers in Nooksack River Basin in Northwest Washington has come out in opposition of the state’s plan for managing the area.  An example of challenges the county faces is encapsulated in a two-month period in the fall of 2021, when severe drought conditions followed by flooding.  The sequ...