When you grow up in the Pacific Northwest, public school means salmon school. We learn about the salmon’s life cycle as an eternal return from freshwater to seas and back again. We recite the old ...

First Fed is now accepting entries for their 2026 Proudly PNW Photo Contest, which celebrates the creativity and talent of photographers throughout our communities.

Anyone who’s ever strolled through Fairhaven knows that the name of Dirty Dan Harris is hard to avoid. He’s best known as the ...

Wyld Flamingos are the premier funk band of Bellingham, Washington with a groove that is undeniably transcendent! Fairhaven ...

Museum curators wear many hats, in part depending upon the size of the museum in which they work. The Whatcom Museum, the Skagit County Historical Museum, and the Museum of Northwest Art (MoNA) are ...

Generally speaking, the difference between “house” and “home” is a matter of places versus people. Listings on the National Register of Historic Places acknowledge both places and the people who ...

When met with a challenge, Western Washington University student JoJo Grubesic is the type of person who uses the obstacle as ...

With terrain ranging from the Salish Sea to the Chuckanut and Cascade Mountains, Whatcom County supports biodiversity throughout its freshwater systems. Lakes form from glaciers flowing through rivers ...

Whatcom County boasts access to world class paddling. And just about anywhere you find yourself here, you won’t be far from a lake that’s just waiting to be explored. Whether you’re a kayaker, canoer, ...

On Monday, December 8, a diverse group of healthcare leaders, elected officials and their representatives from across Northwest Washington gathered for the second in a series of high-impact ...

At Whatcom County’s southeasternmost corner, bordering Skagit and Okanagan Counties, stand our county’s only two company towns: Newhalem and Diablo. Seattle City Light, a citizen-owned public utility, ...

Throughout the United States, state parks connect recreationists with natural and historic wonders. Spanning the county’s borders all along the coast, three state parks exemplify Whatcom County’s ...