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.

We all know the towns of Whatcom County—the monikers roll off our tongues like so many other words we commonly speak. We don’t bat an eye at saying the names Ferndale or Nooksack. Yet, for many around ...

Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham’s oldest current microbrewery, has announced that they are closing its doors in September 2025. This local establishment has served the community for 30 years. “In the ...

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 ...

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Mariah and Shawn Butenschoen became used to hearing the phrase “probably shouldn’t” over the years. It happened when they first planted blueberries on their Everson property and decided to organically ...

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 ...

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 ...