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(03/25/25 9:33pm)
The idea for the Students for Ecological Restoration Club originated in spring 2024, when students Caleb Barville and his friend Bruce Cudkowicz realized Western Washington University didn’t have an ecological restoration club. With environmental science professor James Helfield as their faculty advisor, the club began hosting activities in the fall with Barville as director.
(03/25/25 9:28pm)
The first months of the Trump administration have brought uncertainty and complications to the National Institute of Health (NIH). A funding freeze, a communications freeze and overhead cost caps are among some of the challenges facing researchers at Western Washington University.
(03/22/25 11:20pm)
There’s a narrow idea of what “help” looks like for those experiencing behavioral health issues. Too many people have decided not to seek help because they believe hospitalization is the only option. Hospitalization is long-term care in a large, highly institutional environment like Western State Hospital or Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital.
(03/20/25 6:47pm)
Bellingham stores and restaurants once bustled with Canadian customers. Now, they look like ghost towns, comparatively. President Trump’s blitz of outrageous tariffs and scandalous comments toward Canada have Bellingham’s Canadian regulars staying home. Canadians are justified in giving the U.S. the cold shoulder. Americans, be warned; this isn’t temporary, and it’s going to leave a mark.
(03/18/25 11:21pm)
The City of Bellingham will commence contamination cleanup for the former RG Haley International Corporation’s wood treatment site and Cornwall Avenue Landfill in the summer of 2025 in conjunction with constructing Salish Landing Park.
(03/18/25 9:05pm)
Terri Kempton teaches food and farming classes at Fairhaven College and is the manager of the Outback, a non-profit farm behind the Fairhaven complex. The farm hosts events, provides free food to the campus community and allows students and community members to get their hands dirty. It has historically been student-run, though recent student workers decided it would be beneficial for someone to provide structural support in a permanent role as students cycled through. Kempton was hired and has worked there for the past six years.
(03/17/25 5:21pm)
At Western Washington University, Associate Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience Josh Kaplan is working to unlock the science behind CBD and how it interacts with the brain.
(03/17/25 4:00pm)
I cherish the X on my driver’s license, but on Feb. 5, I applied for a new passport with a different gender marker. It wasn’t something I wanted to do.
(03/16/25 9:06pm)
Editors Note: This article has been updated since publication to correct and include accurate information regarding the types of vendors.
(03/18/25 7:41pm)
Whatcom County’s new jail and Behavioral Care Center (BCC) may include design elements intended to improve incarcerated people’s mental health. Design planning for the project is expected to begin in August 2025.
(03/14/25 7:25pm)
Western Washington University student David Griffin won first place at the International Housewares Association’s (IHA) 32nd student design competition, winning $3,500.
(03/13/25 5:00pm)
A grasshopper was found in a student’s food in the Viking Commons at Western Washington University on Feb. 23, 2025.
(03/13/25 2:37am)
Despite the colder weather, mountain bikers in Bellingham ride on through the winter, embracing the unique challenges that it brings.
(03/13/25 2:19am)
I never felt like a strong student. While many of my friends excelled in advanced classes, I felt lost. Sports saved me.
(03/12/25 9:07pm)
In fall 2023, Western Washington University’s Learning, Environment, Action and Discovery (LEAD) restoration group began restoring a portion of Western’s forested north campus using the unique Miyawaki planting method.
(03/12/25 1:40am)
On January 4, 2008, I suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that would alter the course of my entire life.
(03/11/25 12:09am)
Since opening in 2016 in Fairhaven, Paws For a Beer has been a place for people to relax and sip on a cold drink while their pups run around and play.
(03/11/25 1:58am)
In a Feb. 15 “Dear Colleague” letter, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) directed preschool, elementary, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, as well as state educational agencies across the country to comply with existing civil rights law and the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA). The decision deemed racial preferences in college admissions to be unlawful.
(03/08/25 2:03am)
Editors note: This story has been edited to add clarifying information from Michael Feerer about heat differences in tree canopies.
(03/07/25 6:53pm)
On March 8, brewers and beer aficionados alike will gather at Stones Throw Brewery to celebrate International Women’s Day.
