From misty mountains to dynamic coastal wildlife, the Pacific Northwest’s natural splendor takes center stage in the winning images of First Fed’s 2025 Proudly PNW Photo Contest.

On August 10, 2025, Dr. Christine Monroe and Rhonda Shaffer hosted a public meeting at their office in the Grandview Business ...

About a year ago in Lynden, Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing CEO Brad Barron crossed paths with Dave Marrs, a general contractor and half of the husband-and-wife duo that hosts Fixer to ...

This special presentation, developed in collaboration with eight families in Gaza & presented by a local community member who is personally connected to them, offers a chance to learn about […] ...

Kevin Wiebe is a Ferndale native. Although he graduated from Ferndale High School, he admits he wasn’t a model student. His teachers and administrators told him that if he didn’t attend college, he ...

When The Way Station opened in November 2024, it aimed to meet a basic but urgent need in Whatcom County: access to hygiene services, health care, and medical respite for people experiencing ...

In downtown Bellingham, the corner of Cornwall and Magnolia offers an interesting site: a commercial building with historic photos and captions covering its windows. This recent project by the City of ...

Jennifer Dunn’s family moved a lot was she was very young, but she spent most of her school years in Morton, Washington, a town of around 1,000 people about an hour east of Centralia. “It was tiny!

Bellingham and Lynden’s busiest thoroughfare goes by many names: Guide Meridian Road, “the Guide,” Meridian Street, Washington State Route 539. These names reflect its status as a survey line: a ...

Between Downtown and Fairhaven, Bellingham has fewer remaining historic buildings compared to other Washington cities. Many date only back to the late 19th to early 20th centuries, yet they bear ...

Bellingham has a rich Scottish heritage. In 1904 the city welcomed a noted band of Scottish musicians, the world-famous Canadian “Kilties.” Scottish immigrants and their descendants formed ...

Whether you’re at a school assembly or a sporting event, nothing summons some extra team spirit quite like a mascot. Bellingham schools and sports teams have had an eclectic variety of costumed ...