Flooding and landslides continue to close roads and endanger people across Whatcom County. Some key developments Thursday (more details on these are being posted online as News Updates on the home page). Heavy flooding has been reported in Ferndale ...

On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family. Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with ...

SEATTLE — More than 30,000 residents around Western Washington have been urged to evacuate their flood-endangered homes as rain-swelled rivers caused mudslides and avalanches and flooded neighborhoods and major roadways. The constant, heavy rain in ...

An unattended kitchen stove burner sparked a house fire that killed four dogs Wednesday morning at a home near the north campus of Erie Community College in Amherst. Owner Louise Heckl was devastated by the death of the four pets, said a neighbor ...

SAN BERNARDINO - The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians on Tuesday donated $7.3 million to 25 nonprofit organizations, the largest sum of money given by the tribe at one time. Nineteen of the nonprofits that received money during San Manuel's Forging ...

The thing about fire is there’s no reasoning with it. It doesn’t care if there are people in the house. It doesn’t care if all the presents are under the tree ready for the kids to unwrap. It doesn’t care if you have only one month to go ...

4:03 p.m.: Officials from the governor’s office, Washington State Patrol and Department of Transportation say this flooding event is like nothing they have ever seen before. They are urging people not to get near the river. They stress that this is ...