By Peter Jensen, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Jul. 17--Charity Jacobsen, a nurse in training who just happened to be at the lake, saw the girl was purple, her lips were blue and she wasn't moving. Jacobsen's education kicked in, and she began performing CPR.

By Isaac Bonnell, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Jul. 1--Celebrate summer by visiting one of Whatcom County's best-kept secrets: its beaches.

By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. May 10--The Whatcom County Council on Tuesday banned all phosphorus-containing fertilizers from residential yards in the Lake Samish watershed. The council voted 7-0 to approve the ban, after six residents spoke in support of it.

By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. May 6--The County Council on Tuesday will consider banning phosphorus- containing fertilizers from all residential yards in the Lake Samish watershed, an effort to protect the lake's water quality.

By The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Apr. 18--UPDATED AT 6:02 A.M. BELLINGHAM -- Road crews will close a section of northbound Interstate 5 near Lake Samish today to remove loose trees and rocks from a hillside. Crews are scheduled to begin work at 7:30 a.m. and plan to finish work by 4 p.m.