Construction workers place a girder that is 90 feet long and weighs almost 70,000 pounds on the deck of the new Lake Samish bridge, in a screen grab from a January 2025 video outlining the work.

Construction will force Lake Samish Park to close this May. It’s not scheduled to reopen until August of 2025. The park is home to one of the most popular natural swimming spots in Whatcom County. So ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A waterspout was caught on camera on Lake Samish Monday evening. The recording showed the waterspout on the eastern shore of the lake near Bellingham, according to the National ...

The National Weather Service received reports of a waterspout over Lake Samish near Bellingham this week, and is asking the public for any additional information it might have. The NWS believes that ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The National Weather Service is looking into reports of a waterspout on Lake Samish. The waterspout happened sometime between 6:30 and 8 p.m ...

Residents who draw their drinking water directly from Lake Samish should boil it for at least 1 minute before drinking, Whatcom County Health and Community Services and the Samish Water District said ...

A teenager playing in the shallow area of a swimming beach at Samish Park stubbed his toe, but that’s not the news. When he reached down to see what he stepped on, he picked up a handgun. The Whatcom ...