Bellingham Helps Access Music (BHAM) started in 2025 with a necessary mission: to make music equitable and accessible in ...

Gifts of Music NW brings music education to underserved youth and seniors in Bellingham. Since last year’s show, we’ve ...

Liminal spaces are a compelling lens to reframe our view of everyday experiences –such as life in Whatcom County.

Holiday parades have become cherished traditions throughout Whatcom County, bringing communities together to celebrate the ...

Bellingham author Heidi Beierle rode her bicycle across the USA and wrote a book about it, "Heidi Across America—One Woman’s ...

Gusty winds and power outages are an annual part of fall and winter in the Pacific Northwest. But on October 12, 1962, our region saw a powerful windstorm that has yet to be rivaled more than 60 years ...

With an abundance of picturesque natural scenery, Whatcom County has set the scenes of several notable films. The Cascades’ sublime scale, isolation, and grandeur have long drawn filmmakers and ...

Today, Bellingham’s PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is a 253-bed hospital offering comprehensive regional healthcare and employing more than 2,500 people. But more than 120 years ago, the ...

As the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games kick off, WhatcomTalk is highlighting the competing Team USA athletes who hail from our state and region. Between Olympic and Paralympic events, 20 athletes from ...

For centuries, “secret societies” have inspired intrigue. Organizations with private meetings, exclusive membership, and in-group rituals may seem arcane, even suspicious, to the uninitiated. But as ...

Today, Bellingham’s Silver Beach neighborhood is a collection of expensive homes and popular recreation sites on Lake Whatcom’s shoreline. But over a century ago, it was the site of a sprawling ...

A township north of Ferndale, Custer is among several Whatcom County communities that have changed little over the decades. For Steve Russell, curator of Custer Historical Museum, its history is alive ...