Customers line up to study the new, quirky labels on the flavor board, choosing between familiar favorites and combinations they've never tried before. The shop has created over 700 unique flavors in its career, and continues to make new flavors each month.
United by their love of skateboarding, members of the Northwest Skate Collective (NWSC) gathered at Gruff Brewing Co. on April 10, to celebrate their plan to build a skate park. After years of looking for the perfect spot for skaters of all levels, the NWSC is working with the City of Bellingham (COB) to bring this vision to life, with plans to open the new park in spring 2027.
On Sunday, April 19, 2026, Chanticleer Book Reviews will hold the 2026 “Books By the Bay” book fair at Village Books in Bellingham, Wash. The book fair is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and features tables filled with self-published and indie authors' work from across the country.
From large wholesale operations in rural areas to small-scale urban farms in the heart of Bellingham, the area is bursting with growers who are pillars of sustainability and community.
A rally urging state representatives to pass the Millionaires’ Tax was held in Red Square on March 6, organized by several Bellingham labor unions.
The Whatcom Racial Equity Commission (WREC) plans to contact local organizations to help them implement strategies from their newly developed Action Guide on Immigration in late March 2026 with approval from board members.
The City of Bellingham formed the Keep Washington Working Act Work Group (KWW) in 2025 to ensure the city’s policies, training and data collection complied with the Keep Washington Working Act.
As tables lay decorated with floral motifs and walls are painted deep, forest green, Daytrip Cafe cultivates nature and the wonders you can experience on a ‘daytrip’ without having to step outside.
Bellingham City Council awarded a $12.7 million contract to Colacurcio Brothers, Inc to construct a new dispatch center Feb. 9, 2026. Construction is expected to finish late 2027.
Each morning before the sun rises and warms up the city, a little nook in the side of Little Cheerful Cafe cracks its door open to a line of people waiting for a hot cup of coffee.
Small sneakers squeak across the gym floor at the Bloedel Donovan Community Center as their owners take turns swinging plastic bats and chasing after each ball. Some run straight to their parents while others share their bat with the person next to them, but all of them cheer for each other.
Vibrant hues of pink clustered flowers with a sweet fragrance cover the low-growing shrub and its green foliage, marking it as the Subalpine Spirea (Spirea densiflora). While delicate in appearance, the shrubs taste deters Bellingham’s grazing deer, according to the National Garden Bureau.
Bellingham is a predominantly white city, but it’s lucky to be home to notable Black-owned businesses from various industries.
Bellingham’s R.G. Haley International and Cornwall Avenue Landfill sites, more commonly known as Glass Beach, are currently undergoing construction amid contamination cleanup efforts.
On Jan. 16, the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced a five-day full road closure of Mt. Baker Highway (SR 542) beginning on Monday, Feb. 2, following this season’s delayed opening of Mt. Baker Ski Area.
Along the Nooksack River, countless farms and homes faced severe short and long-term damage after mass flooding the second week of December.
Many Bellingham businesses showed their support for the nationwide “Ice Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom” demonstration on Friday, Jan. 30, closing their doors as a show of support and solidarity.
It was a hot August morning in 2024 when a beef cow, only a few months old, famously escaped her trailer, beginning her two-month-long career as an escape artist wandering the Barkley Village neighborhood.
On a sunny afternoon, community members gathered to plant native vegetation and remove invasive species in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. at a work party event at Willow Spring in Squalicum Creek on Jan. 17.
Dozens of loyal customers lined up, ready to shop at Ragfinery’s grand reopening on Jan. 9 at 115 Unity St., just a few blocks away from the previous store which closed due to fire damage in December of 2024.
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