Bellingham’s beloved Boulevard Park is undergoing a restoration project to protect and enhance its shoreline against rising tides and storms.
While rain pours on the streets of downtown Bellingham, lightning strikes inside the crowded auditorium at the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention. Tana Granack, presenter of the MegaZapper Electrical Show, walks onto his stage and declares to the crowd, “If you have some kind of electronic device keeping you alive, you’re in the wrong place.”
While SNAP Benefits were in flux, numerous Bellingham businesses stepped up to support their community.
Each winter, Bellingham residents experiencing housing insecurity are threatened by dangerously low temperatures. The city’s severe weather shelters help the community stay safe and warm, expanding their services every year.
The changes focus on WTA’s plan to improve their transit system by simplifying routes to make it easier for new riders to navigate, creating more flexibility for a shifting demand of riders and ensuring buses are on time consistently.
Bellingham voters recently passed Initiative 25-03; protecting tenant’s rights to gather and organize without fear of retaliation from their landlords.
A Bellingham man banned from Western Washington University in 2018 after pleading guilty to voyeurism for taking photos of female students was arrested on campus again last month — his second campus trespassing arrest within a year.
Emmaquatics Aquarium and Lounge, a new and independently owned Bellingham tropical fish store, is opening on Nov. 30 at 1208 Cornwall Ave.
This Saturday, spectators are gathering at a muddy venue on the outskirts of Bellingham to watch bikers climb, run and cycle their way to victory in Cascade Cross’s 19th cyclocross series.
The Trueblood Diversion Workgroup has awarded Whatcom County $3.6 million in grant funding to build supportive housing for residents with behavioral health needs.
2025 marks the 5th year of WACK’s studio tour. On Nov. 15 and 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., multiple studio locations in Bellingham, Ferndale and Lynden will open their doors to the public, inviting guests to peruse artists’ clay creations and attend ceramics demonstrations.
Starting in January of 2026, Bellingham residents will see an estimated 13.5% increase in their monthly utility bill with additional 11% increases planned for 2027 and 2028.
When you think of poetry, what do you imagine? Whether it’s an image of one person standing on a stage or a writer looking questionably wistful as they write alone, The Salish Sea Poetry Festival can help to reshape your perspective on poetry.
Whatcom Transportation Authority is focusing on renewable fuel and is temporarily putting electric vehicles aside.
This fall, salmon are returning to their birthplaces to complete their life cycle, and a Bellingham fishery enhancement group is inviting citizens to see it in real time.
The new playground’s design was decided in 2024 by a community vote on the City of Bellingham’s Engage Bellingham website, where community members can make their voices heard during the development of public works projects.
The City of Bellingham’s Parks Volunteer Program has begun community work parties for its fall work season. These parties, hosted every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, focus on the reintroduction of native species to Bellingham parks and trails.
Off Mount Baker Highway in Glacier is a skatepark called the Coal Pad DIY. What was originally a concrete slab for a coal deposit in the 1940s has since blossomed into a full-blown skatepark, built by Glacier skateboarders and snowboarders.
As the weather turns colder and the leaves begin to fall, one might give more thought to a shadow in a doorway, or an odd noise late at night. It is spooky season, after all.
Bellingham’s Urban Forestry Management Plan is currently paused due to a limited number of staff and their abilities.
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