C, has joined the Priority Care team at the PeaceHealth Lynden Clinic. With experience in both family medicine and emergency ...

Blaine, Washington: Where America Begins. Sitting on the very northwest corner of Washington and a formal doorway between the U.S. and Canada, Blaine is a small town with a lot of history. Blaine has ...

While many high school students spend their summers working traditional teen jobs, Chase Danielson is already building a ...

Of the history books on Bellingham and surrounding towns, Lottie Roeder Roth’s 1926 “History of Whatcom County” is a foundational text still in use. As curious readers can discover, its author’s life ...

Today, Bellingham’s PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is a 253-bed hospital offering comprehensive regional healthcare and employing more than 2,500 people. But more than 120 years ago, the ...

On the afternoon of April 26, 2025, community members and public officials gathered to celebrate the recent public opening of Bellingham’s Little Squalicum Pier. The 1,248-foot wooden pier, built ...

On any given day, someone traveling around Whatcom County will spot kids running around on sports fields or maybe even hear balls bouncing from inside gyms. For most of his life, Jeremiah Wright has ...

At Whatcom County’s southeasternmost corner, bordering Skagit and Okanagan Counties, stand our county’s only two company towns: Newhalem and Diablo. Seattle City Light, a citizen-owned public utility, ...

Squalicum Creek Park is a popular destination due to its zip line, off-leash dog park and other attractions. This year, it will also play host to the Bellingham Kids Traverse. All dogs in City Parks ...

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 ...

Running from Lake Whatcom to Bellingham Bay, Whatcom Creek is named for the Lummi word meaning “noisy water.” This creek’s noisy water descends from the height at Whatcom Falls Park: one of Bellingham ...

Locally owned community businesses have the ability to become second homes filled with families. The process takes years of owners, employees, and customers organically creating a community within a ...