When we survey the list of Bellingham parks named for people, we find stories ranging from the town’s founding entrepreneurs to neighborhood locals remembered for giving to their community.

Between Downtown and Fairhaven, Bellingham has fewer remaining historic buildings compared to other Washington cities. Many date only back to the late 19th to early 20th centuries, yet they bear ...

The Armenian Genocide, 1915-1916, was one of the worst humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Support to help survivors poured in from around the globe—including here in Whatcom County. The ...

Erin Baker's breakfast cookies, a local establishment aptly named for their founder, have become a ubiquitous sight in grocery stores, coffee stands, and vending ...

On a Monday afternoon in April 1895, 25 miners were hard at work inside the Blue Canyon Coal Mine on the southeast shores of Lake Whatcom. By the time their shifts were scheduled to end, only two of ...

While lighthouses have served as critical navigation beacons for hundreds of years, they’ve also long captured the imagination of artists, poets, photographers, and filmmakers for both their beauty ...

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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 ...

As we’re blasted with information on the Coronavirus from every media outlet at our disposal, it’s heart-warming to watch as people and communities come together to solve greater problems and help ...

Although only a 30-mile, 40-minute drive from Bellingham, a trip to Silver Lake Park feels like leaving on vacation. Its campground roads weave between trees and mountain faces, framing a tranquil ...

Today, Bellingham’s Silver Beach neighborhood is a collection of expensive homes and popular recreation sites on Lake Whatcom’s shoreline. But over a century ago, it was the site of a sprawling ...