Anyone who has ever shared a wall or fence knows it takes consideration and effort to be good neighbors. Water, odors, sounds ...

Nooksack River basin water users should get ready for the next step in a complicated process that began last year to affirm the water rights of those who live in the area. The state Department of ...

The adjudication process will formally kick off when Ecology files a Statement of Facts in Whatcom County Superior Court, triggering the court to issue summonses with claims forms for water users to ...

Several Sumas residents are seeking to be removed as parties to a Whatcom County court case that will determine who has historical rights to water in the Nooksack River basin, how much they can use, ...

A court will decide who owns rights to all the water in Whatcom County as part of a lawsuit brought by the state Department of Ecology. Staff The Bellingham Herald file Hearings will start Wednesday ...

In an effort to decide who owns the rights to water across Whatcom County and how much water they can use in wet and dry years, the state Department of Ecology filed a lawsuit Wednesday — called an ...

The state Department of Ecology mailed claimant forms this week to water users in the Nooksack basin. The sending of the forms is the latest step in a multiyear adjudication process to affirm water ...

The adjudication process will formally kick off when Ecology files a complaint in Whatcom County Superior Court, triggering the court to issue summonses with claims forms for water users to return.

Water in the Middle Fork of the Nooksack River flows free Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2022, several years after the removal of the Middle Fork diversion dam in Whatcom County, Wash. City of Bellingham ...