Scholarship application information and posters for the Assistance League of Bellingham’s 2026 Summer Enrichment Scholarship Program are being delivered to all Whatcom County public middle and high ...

Whatcom Community College has developed most of its sculptures through the Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places program.

Having grown up in Whatcom County and worked with property maps for the Whatcom County Assessor for almost 10 years, I thought I knew the county fairly well. Yet I hadn’t heard of the Racehorse Falls ...

Portland, OR junkbox blues duo, Hillstomp, toured through the Wild Buffalo in April. Photo by Kenneth Kearney Photography. If you love rock, hip hop, jazz, blues, soul, folk, or classical, Whatcom ...

In almost any downtown, time brings inevitable change: businesses come and go, buildings are remodeled or knocked down, and progress renders the present much different than the past. But at 113 East ...

Ghost towns have long bewitched thrill-seekers. Monuments to timeless yet transitory industries of mining, logging, and fishing, Washington’s own ghost towns communicate history beyond words—and ...

As you drive north on Boulevard from Fairhaven to Bellingham, the road passes a roundabout and leads up a gentle hill. Here, it becomes North Forest Street and curves along the base of a retaining ...

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 ...

Before becoming part of Bellingham, Fairhaven grew up along railway lines. The town boomed with the region’s industries — fishing, lumber, and mining — into the 1870s, seeking the Northern Pacific ...

For many of her songs, Bellingham songwriter and guitarist Tracy Spring draws upon her travels exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest with her dad-and-uncle outdoor photographers Bob and Ira ...

When most Americans hear “the Gold Rush,” a few chapters of history come to mind: California in 1848, Colorado in 1858, and Klondike in 1897. These events cemented themselves in our cultural ...

Stand on Bellingham’s waterfront at Zuanich Point’s Fishermen’s Memorial and you’ll see waves hitting the shore, small and large boats coming and going with tourists and fish to sell, and several ...