In the early 20th century, Mary Davenport Engberg wanted to make her hometown a better place through music. By creating and conducting the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra, she also broke new ground for ...

Whether you’re at a school assembly or a sporting event, nothing summons some extra team spirit quite like a mascot. Bellingham schools and sports teams have had an eclectic variety of costumed ...

Two random walks, one in Ireland and the other in Fairhaven leads to cold water swimmers in waters thousands of miles apart.

At Barron Home Services, we install Daikin heat pumps because our technicians trust the quality, performance, and long-term ...

East of Bellingham, the tiny community of Van Zandt has completed a goal to restore the 1927 schoolhouse serving as their Community Hall.

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 ...

On Bellingham’s Telegraph Road, just east of Bellis Fair Mall, a weathered wooden signpost clashes with the urban sprawl. Titled “Old Telegraph Road,” the sign describes how a telegraph line ran along ...

Sumas, a friendly agricultural community, is Whatcom County’s last stop eastbound toward the Canada border with British Columbia. With a modern population of just over 1,500, the town boasts a ...

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 ...

“Food deserts” are defined as urban areas that lack access to affordable or healthy foods, contributing to the food insecurity that afflicts tens of millions of Americans. In Bellingham, Birchwood ...

Except for the occasional El Niño year, eastern Whatcom County is known as a playground for local winter sports. In addition to skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing, getting out for some good ...

College town. County seat. Natural wonderland. These are just a few descriptors that set Bellingham’s identity apart. Named for its bay, which George Vancouver dubbed after Sir William Bellingham in ...