What was once a hidden gem for local skaters will be taking on a new life. The City of Bellingham, in cooperation with Northwest Skate Collective, is renovating the informal skate park under Roeder Avenue Bridge into an official city park.
Depending on the time of year, you’re bound to see some type of salmon running up a Washington waterway-spring steelhead, summer sockeye, fall chinook, chum, coho or the year-round cutthroat. But in many places, that journey ends abruptly at a culvert: A narrow, aging pipe where roads cross streams, often blocking fish from reaching their historic spawning grounds.
Canadians are crossing the border from British Columbia into Whatcom County at increasingly lower rates, according to recent data. For Blaine’s recreation companies, the effects of cross-border tensions are still uncertain.
The energetic hum of voices, the clink of glasses, and the familiar kiss of pool balls rolling down the green felt tables — State Street Bar’s doors are finally open once more.
Kulshan Brewing has made raising funds for local nonprofits as easy as sitting down and buying a beer. Their Pour it Forward program, which has already helped raise funds for rebuilding Ragfinery, will partner with Wild Whatcom on Tuesday, May 13.
Spring has arrived in Whatcom County, and with it, our region’s largest migratory animals have come to grace the briny blue of Bellingham Bay: whales. April and May mark the beginning of whale watching season in the Salish Sea.
The North Cascades Institute invites attendees to board the 65-foot vessel at Squalicum Harbor on a bird-watching excursion at 8:30 a.m. on May 10. The excursion, Spring Birding on the Snow Goose, will explore Bellingham Bay, Lummi Island and the surrounding waters.
Chuckanut Drive (State Route 11) will remain closed through June as emergency crews work to clear debris and stabilize the slope following the April 22 rockslide south of milepost 10.
Bigfoot was wheeled down Grand Avenue on Saturday, May 3, alongside parade-goers dressed as owls, mushrooms, fish and an abundance of other flora and fauna. But don’t worry, this was no illusion – It was Bellingham’s Procession of the Species parade.
A community collaboration unfolded on Saturday, April 26, as volunteers gathered at Maple Creek Reach for an Earth Day celebration and work party to restore vital riparian habitat.
Nature has always been significant in the life of Zoli Ishikawa-Szabo, a second-year Western Washington University student. His mom played a particularly big role in introducing him to the outdoors.
Gallery Alley is an outdoor art exhibition in the alley between Wild Buffalo and what was Mindport Exhibits, now the future home of the Children of the Setting Sun Productions, on West Holly Street in Bellingham.
Cloud Mountain Farm Center, a long-standing local farm, plant nursery and agricultural education center in Everson, will be closing its nursery this June after losing financial support.
Hundreds of community members wearing Washington State Nurses Association shirts filled the sidewalks outside of PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham on Tuesday, April 29. PeaceHealth employees and community members in their blue WSNA wear came together to host informational pickets.
The 25th Annual Children’s Art Walk kicks off with their opening reception from 5 -8 p.m. on Friday, May 2, in downtown Bellingham.
Little Squalicum Pier opened on April 2, 2025, giving the public new access to bay views extending 1,248 feet into the water. The pier was originally built in 1912 by the Olympic Portland Cement Company to transport its products to offshore barges. The City of Bellingham has been planning to turn the site into a public walkway since 1995.
Local fashion designers will be showing off their sustainable outfits at Habitat Whatcom’s 6th Annual Trashion Show on Saturday, May 3. The event gives artists an opportunity to transform items that would usually end up in the landfill into unique clothing items, all while raising money for Habitat for Humanity.
Spring sunshine is here after a long, cold winter, but Bellingham residents may still be feeling glum. Some are tackling these feelings with gardening. Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD, is “a type of depression characterized by a recurrent seasonal pattern,” according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
On Tuesday, April 22, a massive rockslide forced the closure of State Route 11, Chuckanut Drive, between Chuckanut Manor (milepost 9.5) and the Oyster Dome trailhead (milepost 10).
Meridian School District’s $70.9 million bond measure to rebuild Meridian Middle School failed to secure the 60% supermajority needed for passage, leaving the future of the 87-year-old campus in limbo.
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