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This Whatcom County pioneer’s love of fruit and flowers persists today

John Bennet brought exotic trees, shrubs to Bellingham — including the loathed Scotch broom

Aug. 23, 2024 10:00 p.m.

Lake Whatcom Railway is a living museum already fading from memory

Significant time, money could bring back historic excursion passenger train

July 24, 2024 1:51 p.m.

Community gathers to mark 25 years at pipeline remembrance

Families, witnesses share losses, achievements since Bellingham's 1999 tragedy

June 10, 2024 10:16 p.m.

Bellingham’s tragedy was pivotal moment for national, state pipeline safety rules

Pipeline disaster had far-reaching policy ramifications

June 9, 2024 10:00 p.m.

Olympic Pipe Line explosion’s human toll, and the families’ legacy

25 years ago, Bellingham's tragedy brought together a community

June 8, 2024 10:00 p.m.

Pipeline Safety Trust to host pipeline explosion remembrance events

Events include Whatcom Creek restoration, film screening and more

May 22, 2024 10:00 p.m.

Schooner Zodiac celebrates 100 years of exploration and education

Tall ship preserves history, cultivates community on Bellingham Bay

May 15, 2024 10:00 p.m.

Mount Baker School District to sell historic Hopewell Grange building

Sale could bring district needed cash; some hope buyer will restore 112-year-old building

March 8, 2024 10:00 p.m.

Bellingham’s Terminal Building, destroyed in Fairhaven fire, had 135-year history

A treasured meeting place for decades, it housed saloons, cafes and grocery stores

Dec. 22, 2023 5:00 a.m.

Working Waterfront

Bellingham’s shoreline history: A boom, bust of resource extraction

Until 1850, the impacts of European and American settlers was limited

Dec. 10, 2023 5:00 a.m.

Working Waterfront

The reshaping of Bellingham Bay — from past to present

Does the waterfront, as once envisioned, still play a central role? And at what cost?

Dec. 8, 2023 5:10 a.m.

Volunteers keep telling Sumas’s history, despite loss of collection

Sumas Museum persists, 2 years after destructive flood

Nov. 19, 2023 5:00 a.m.