The Armenian Genocide, 1915-1916, was one of the worst humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Support to help survivors poured in from around the globe—including here in Whatcom County. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the early 20th century, Mary Davenport Engberg wanted to make her hometown a better place through music. By creating and conducting the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra, she also broke new ground for ...

On a Monday afternoon in April 1895, 25 miners were hard at work inside the Blue Canyon Coal Mine on the southeast shores of Lake Whatcom. By the time their shifts were scheduled to end, only two of ...

While lighthouses have served as critical navigation beacons for hundreds of years, they’ve also long captured the imagination of artists, poets, photographers, and filmmakers for both their beauty ...

On Bellingham’s Telegraph Road, just east of Bellis Fair Mall, a weathered wooden signpost clashes with the urban sprawl. Titled “Old Telegraph Road,” the sign describes how a telegraph line ran along ...

Hidden in a secret location in South Bellingham lives a woman with an unconventional job. She looks unassuming, which is helpful with her clandestine profession. Molly Monahan is a Private ...

From 2003 to 2020, the Bellingham Railway Museum wowed Whatcom County with model trains, railroading artifacts, and exhibits with photos and information on our local railway history. The museum closed ...

Purportedly born at Bellingham's Whatcom Humane Society, Jed the wolfdog first appeared on-screen in John Carpenter's c1982 sci-fi horror film "The Thing" But in real life, the cross-bred canine was ...

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 ...