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, ...

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 Nooksack River's flooding in 2021 would have been even worse in Washington state had water been prevented from flowing north into Canada, officials believe. Photo by Larry McCarter. Four years ...

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 ...

Sumas farmer Jerry DeBruin is part of Sumas Out, a group seeking to be removed from the Nooksack River adjudication process. Jerry DeBruin Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald Several Sumas residents are ...