Season tickets are on sale now for the Bellingham Festival of Music’s 19th Season, July 6 – July 21, 2012.  This coming season is chock full of big stars, Joshua Bell, Lynn Harrell, Jeremy Denk, and Pablo Sainz Villegas, which are expected to sell out. For best seat selection, don’t delay in ordering your tickets! [...]

New winter interpretive programs on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest will take visitors snowshoeing in the Mt. Baker area, starting in February 2012. The guided snowshoe hikes offer 90-minute trips at Heather Meadows and an approximately two-hour tour up Hannegan Road off the Mt. Baker Highway. Rangers will discuss the area’s history, winter ecosystems and [...]

Bellingham, WA – The Econolodge Inn & Suites of Bellingham, WA was recently announced as a recipient of a prestigious 2012 Platinum Hospitality Award from world lodging leader Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), franchisor of the Econolodge Inn & Suites brand. “The Econolodge Inn & Suites’ commitment to excellence and outstanding guest service has [...]

BELLINGHAM – Local performing group Dance Gallery’s 21st annual spring concert will feature the works of local and national choreographers at 7:30 p.m. March 9-10 and 16-17 and at 5 p.m. March 18 at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. in Fairhaven. The event includes a silent auction to raise funds for the [...]

Bellingham, WA — January 23, 2012 — The Woods Coffee will celebrate its 10-year anniversary in  February 2012 with a free trip to Hawaii, and i-pad giveaway and an anniversary party. The company, which opened its first store on Bender Road in Lynden in February of 2002, has opened 12 coffee shops in Whatcom County [...]

Former caterer to the Oscars treats Semiahmoo guests like stars! Blaine, WA- Kasey Dubler has been appointed Semiahmoo Resort’s new Executive Chef. In this role, he oversees the culinary operations for the award-winning resort, including banquets, weddings, and seasonal winemaker and brew master dinners. Before coming to Semiahmoo, Chef Dubler was the Executive Banquet Chef [...]

Five organizations involved in promoting local food will host the “Reel Food Film Fest,” an engaging film series on food and farming at libraries throughout Whatcom County in Feb – May, 2012. “These films tell the real stories behind our food and show how people are changing the way they eat for the better,” said [...]

The Upfront Theatre, Bellingham’s live improv comedy hotspot, is bringing a new twist to their popular improvised show “Space Trek.” During February, all 8 p.m. shows on Friday and Saturday will feature Space Trek, and then the cast will perform Evil Space Trek immediately after at the 10 p.m. show. Space Trek is a completely [...]

Bellingham, WA — Sustainable Connections awarded five Whatcom County businesses as sustainability champions at the organization’s annual All Members Meeting & Potluck on January 12. “We are thrilled about the outstanding leadership of these businesses,” said Abby Hade Terpstra, membership assistant at Sustainable Connections. “It is a pleasure to share their success stories and they [...]

Although the Civil War was barely a footnote in the history of Washington State, one of its central figures is still remembered here. George E. Pickett’s home in Bellingham, WA is the oldest documented wooden structure on its original site in the state. It is listed on the Washington Heritage Register and the National Register [...]