Bellingham, WA – Next time you visit the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, be sure to arrive with a healthy appetite. Halibut Henry’s Café just opened for business and plans to provide seafood and Northwest faire from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. On Fridays and Saturdays, when the Alaska State Ferry is in Bellingham, the café [...]

Bellingham, WA – San Juan Cruises will kick off it’s 2012 season with the popular San Juan Adventure day cruise. This 8-hour tour, which replaced the company’s Victoria service last year, includes a narrated tour through the scenic San Juan Islands, whale watching and wildlife viewing, a complimentary BBQ chicken lunch, and a 2-hour shore [...]

Tony Van Rooyen, who kept Lynden, WA adorned in flowers for 21 years, has been named grand marshal for the community’s 2012 Farmers Day Parade on June 2. The unique parade, dating back to the early 20th century, honors the economic and social impact of the agricultural industry in Lynden and its surrounding area in [...]

Bellingham, Wash. – Visitors to Bellingham and Whatcom County spent more money in 2011 compared to the previous year. Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism (BWCT), the area’s official destination marketing organization, says visitor spending was up almost 17%. Visitors spent $555.4 million in 2011, compared to $475.2 million in 2010. Statistics on visitor spending and travel [...]

Bellingham’s Old Fairhaven Association is gearing up for its 7th annual Girls Night Out on Friday, May 11, 2012. This event is a fundraiser for the PeaceHealth Cancer Research Center. Activities begin at 4 p.m. with shopping and dining throughout the Fairhaven Historic District. Forty-five businesses will welcome participants with food, games, specials, raffles and [...]

The Oak Ridge Boys, renowned for their four-part harmonies and upbeat country and gospel songs, are returning to the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden, WA. The Oak Ridge Boys, who performed at the fair in 1992 and 1998, will be the featured entertainment in a show starting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14. They join [...]

FERNDALE, WA – The Steak House at Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa has been named one of the Top 100 Restaurants of 2012 by OpenTable in its annual Diners’ Choice list for Best Service. “We are thrilled. This list recognizes The Steak House not only for the quality of food we produce, but our customer [...]

In honor of the 100th Anniversary of the tragic Titanic sinking (Apr. 15, 1912), Spark Museum of Electrical Invention in Bellingham, WA will open its rare Marconi Wireless Room for the first time to allow individuals inside for photographs on Sat. and Sun., Apr. 14-15 during regular museum hours. An 11x 17 facsimile of a [...]

When local playwright and historian Joseph Lenz wrote his “musical tall tale” Mark Twain in Fairhaven, he probably never guessed it would be 10 years before it was actually performed in Bellingham’s Historic Fairhaven District. Thanks to the enthusiasm of Chuck Robinson, owner of Village Books in Fairhaven, the show will perform Aug. 9 – [...]

Bellingham, Wash. -– The Whatcom Museum’s special exhibits in 2012-2013, include an unusual exhibit of Israeli ceramics, an ever-growing exhibit of portraits of people from around the world and Bellingham, quilts over 200 years old and dramatic “now and then” photographs of glaciers and ice shelves. All of these exhibits will be on display at [...]