4 Ways to Spring Clean This Year
Spring carries all sorts of symbolism around new growth and shedding old habits. Ancient philosophies and modern holistic medicine all look to spring as a time to cleanse away the winter and prepare...
View ArticleA Life Well Spent With Whatcom County Local Will Pieti
Will Pieti could teach us all a few things about how to live life to its fullest. His adventurous spirit captivates everyone around him, leaving them in awe of his experiences and fantastic hobbies....
View ArticleBarron Brings Ultimate Air Quality Home
Though Whatcom County continuously ranks as having some of the best air quality around, we’re not without our air challenges. From allergy to smoke season, there are times when it’s tough to get a...
View ArticleOrion Expeditions: Business Launched After 1978 WWU Outdoor Recreation...
7 You’re crashing down crystal clear snowmelt in the river while your guide shouts, “All forward!” You paddle in sync with your boat as waves pummel your raft. You make it to the big hit and WHOOSH!...
View ArticleRecreation Northwest Launches Public Health Campaign on Whatcom...
When you go to the doctor, does it feel like the solution to most of your problems is a healthy diet and more exercise? Increasingly, studies confirm that positive outdoor experiences are the key to a...
View ArticleWhat To Do In and Around Bellingham April 5–7
Are you ready for the weekend? We sure are! Here’s a list of area activities to get jump-start your planning. You can always check out our full events calendar for everything happening in and around...
View ArticleVicky Abel Gives Inmates a Green Thumb – and a Helping Hand
On the hill next to the parking lot of the Whatcom County courthouse, a crew in orange vests plants peonies, ferns, day lilies, and irises. By next year, there should be a lot more color by the...
View ArticlePhillips 66 Helps the Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County Launch Children...
Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery recently awarded a $265,000 grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County. And as a result, marvelous things are happening. When Heather Powell, executive director...
View ArticleBellingham Cruise and Ferry Terminal: The Anchor of Fairhaven
For thousands of years, picturesque Bellingham Bay has been a source of livelihood for those living along its coastline: from the native North Coast Indian tribes who sustained themselves off...
View ArticleA Monument to Peace: History of the Peace Arch
If you’ve ever crossed the border in Blaine, you’ve seen it – a massive 67-foot monument on the boundary of Canada and the United States, both country’s flags waving high on its crown. Coming from the...
View ArticleMay I Take Your Order? Meet Whatcom County Servers Who’ve Been With Their...
I can easily rattle off names of restaurants locals would say had been around “forever,” but closed in the past year – or five to ten years. People still talk about those businesses as if they were...
View ArticleUnder New Ownership, FireHouse Arts and Events Center Remains Neighborhood...
Harold Niven has lived across the street from the FireHouse Arts and Events Center for almost 20 years. Long enough, that is to say, to have watched it transform from a working fire station to the cafe...
View Article2019 Easter Egg Hunts and Activities in Bellingham, Ferndale, Lynden and...
It’s that time of year again, when the Easter eggs get hidden and the youth of Whatcom County do their best to discover (and devour) them all. Easter Fun Fair at North County Christ the King...
View ArticleWhat To Do In and Around Bellingham April 12—14
There are a so many great things going on this weekend — how do you choose? We’ve got a few ideas to get you started. The most important thing is to just get out there and have some fun! And don’t...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Sign up for Summer Soccer Camps at the Bellingham Sportsplex
Building community doesn’t always look the same or happen through the same strategies. But most successful community building tends to start small, and then expand, encircling a wider and wider net of...
View ArticleThere’s No Shortage of Family Fun at Barkley Village
Bellingham’s Barkley Village might not initially strike you as being among the city’s best spots to bring children. After all, for many years the neighborhood was more associated with ‘financials’ than...
View ArticleHealing Through Art at Blaine’s Soul Space Studio
A small studio in downtown Blaine is covered wall-to-wall in art and paint supplies. The owner, Julia Frehner, is similarly spotted with paint on her arms and glasses, matching a warm smile and bold...
View ArticleWhere to Discover Spring Chinook Salmon Around the Nooksack
Imagine the life of a local salmon emerging from the protected shield of its egg into the fast-moving currents of the gorgeous, green Nooksack River. You evade predators, like adult fish, and your body...
View ArticleYWCA of Bellingham Helps Give Women a Leg up When They’re Down and Out
The YWCA of Bellingham has been standing behind women since 1907. Perched on North Forest Street between WWU’s campus and downtown, the Bellingham YWCA’s building is a stately brick, with towering...
View ArticleMount Baker Theatre Celebrates Turning 92 Years Old
On opening night at the Mount Baker Theatre – April 29, 1927 – tickets cost 35 cents each. Ninety-two years later, Mount Baker Theatre is the only theatre from that era still functioning, thanks to...
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