No-contact advisory issued for Larrabee State Park beach

The Whatcom County Health Department has issued a no-contact advisory for Wildcat Cove, a beach in Larrabee State Park. The advisory comes after the water in Wildcat Cove showed high results for enterococcus, a bacteria found in animal and human feces, several times this week. “We tested on Monday and then retested on Wednesday,” said Heather Gibbs, coordinator for the Beach Environmental Assessment, Communication and Health program at the Washington State Department of Ecology. “We'