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 ...

That same year, the Winnipeg, Manitoba-born musician purchased nearly 30 acres of land off H Street Road in Whatcom County, about a 10-mile drive from Lynden and roughly a half-mile from the United ...

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 ...

With an abundance of picturesque natural scenery, Whatcom County has set the scenes of several notable films. The Cascades’ sublime scale, isolation, and grandeur have long drawn filmmakers and ...

For centuries, “secret societies” have inspired intrigue. Organizations with private meetings, exclusive membership, and in-group rituals may seem arcane, even suspicious, to the uninitiated. But as ...

Liminal spaces are a compelling lens to reframe our view of everyday experiences –such as life in Whatcom County.

A township north of Ferndale, Custer is among several Whatcom County communities that have changed little over the decades. For Steve Russell, curator of Custer Historical Museum, its history is alive ...

Bellingham author Heidi Beierle rode her bicycle across the USA and wrote a book about it, "Heidi Across America—One Woman’s ...

The tribe has spoken…and they’re gathering in the Stones Throw Backyard! Join us every Wednesday at 8pm for live screenings ...

At Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing, we've been helping Northwest Washington homeowners care for their homes since 1972. Here's what we recommend checking before winter settles in—and a few ...

As far back as the early 1930s, semi-professional and college-level football teams provided additional levels of play for ...

The absence of the Bellingham Blazers left Bellingham without a junior hockey team for the first time since the 2012 season. A new team, the Bellingham Breakers HC (Hockey Club), will now step in to ...