A lifetime of hunting and fishing trophies went up in smoke with a devastating fire at Toad Lake Taxidermy last week. Owner Mark Arnold said he is beating himself up over the loss to his customers, ...

You’re going to want to stay out of Wiser and Toad lakes and keep your pets out of the water, too, for the time being. Tests have confirmed that the blue-green algae bloom in those lakes are toxic.

Steve Hood, a water quality engineer with the Washington state Department of Ecology, takes a water sample at Toad Lake just outside Bellingham on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Evan Abell The Bellingham Herald ...