By John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Aug. 6--The Washington Department of Ecology has approved Whatcom County's new Shoreline Master Program, and state officials hailed the locally developed set of environmental rules as a model for other counties to follow.

By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Aug. 5--Transferring 8,400 acres in the Lake Whatcom watershed to Whatcom County for parks would help protect Bellingham's drinking-water source and give the community a unique park, a panel has said.

By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Aug. 5--BELLINGHAM -- More than 1,200 county residents will be pulled into Bellingham city limits, and the land around them will be slated for dense urban development, the City Council decided Monday, Aug. 4.

By Sam Taylor, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Jul.

By Liz Beaulieu, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. May 8--BELLINGHAM -- In an effort to protect Lake Whatcom, Whatcom County Disposal of Toxics program will collect household hazardous waste from watershed residents for free Saturday.