Reuse, restore and create. channel your energy into acts of restoration, reuse and recreation. Plant a tree, clean a beach, ...

“The churning, burning world needs poets,” Wharton said. “Poets express the human experience in lyrical words. Metaphor in ...

Recent arrests of undocumented immigrants in Skagit and Whatcom counties have resulted in strikes, protests and a regrouping ...

Commentary: The process adjudication of water rights in the Nooksack watershed raises some interesting questions.

In its second year, the festival organized by Bellingham-based cultural nonprofit Paper Whale brought storytelling, song — and fire — to the waterfront. The Fire and Story Festival lit up Bellingham’s ...

Though the Fraser River does not cross the border as the Columbia does, the Fraser is intimately tied to the lands and waters to the south and the creatures (human and otherwise) that dwell on them ...

About 175 people attended the annual local environmental educators conference on Friday. This story originally was published on Jan. 24, 2025, in the Skagit Valley Herald. The Storming the Sound ...

From emergency shelters to long-term housing solutions, Bellingham’s community works together to provide a safety net for the unhoused. Hanah Warthan’s life changed direction days after she served as ...

Sue C. Boynton continues to shape poetry in the Northwest ...