At Bellingham’s City Council meeting on Monday, Feb.19, the last item on the agenda was a final vote from the council to suspend future meetings of the Immigration Advisory Board.
On March 1 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped the five-day COVID-19 isolation guidelines. Now when people test positive for COVID-19 they can resume everyday activities without isolating if their symptoms are improving and they are fever-free for at least 24 hours, according to new CDC guidelines.
The Little Squalicum Estuary, located in Bellingham’s Little Squalicum Park, was awarded a 2024 Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies Washington on Feb. 2.
Once holding pink eggs that blended with the gravel, the library’s tank is now filled with the silver of small darting fish. After nearly two months of growing amongst story times and curious community members, the salmon are ready to be released.
Community Vision Survey results were published by the City of Bellingham in February, providing a framework of important challenges and priorities for the Bellingham Plan to address.
Amidst the lull of waves breaking against Taylor Dock, Robert Wilmore stands with a mission: to unveil the wonders of the cosmos to all who care to gaze. On clear-sky Sundays, Wilmore sets up a telescope and invites passersby to peek into the lens.
After hearing from community members who need more time to prepare applications, the Whatcom Racial Equity Commission is extending its application deadline to March 15.
The 21st annual Wings Over Water Birding Festival is set to captivate bird enthusiasts and nature lovers in Blaine from March 15 to 17. This three-day annual festival brings together bird watchers, conservationists and experts to celebrate the diverse bird life in the Pacific Northwest.
A unique partnership sprouted two years ago when Black Noise Records and Aslan Depot came together to collaborate on weekly record nights.
The Bellingham Plan, an update to the city’s comprehensive plan, is moving into its next phase of assessing and applying community input to generate growth alternatives for the development of the city in order to be finished by 2025.
Bellingham voters renewed two public school levies in a Feb. 13 special election. The Bellingham School District runs two property tax levies: enrichment levies that fund school staff and other maintenance operations and technology levies that cover student computers and capital projects.
As the Whatcom Racial Equity Commission enters its fourth year of development, the next steps include hiring an executive director and seating a board with representatives and community members, according to the enabling ordinance.
Light therapy lamps have joined the Bellingham Public Library’s collection to uplift patrons’ spirits through the winter months.
The Front has revisited a dance class for people with Parkinson's and other neurological disorders, one year after the initial coverage by Briana Tuvey, published in February 2023.
The global nonprofit Shut Up and Write has joined the collection of writing groups at Village Books in Fairhaven, offering structured productivity every Friday from 9:15-11 a.m.
Downtown Bellingham’s Meloy Gallery is currently hosting “Figures and Forms,” an invitational art exhibit based entirely around different ways the human body can be portrayed, with many pieces depicting naked bodies.
Paws For a Beer and Alternative Humane Society have teamed up to host monthly adoption events. Dogs from AHS will be at Paws, a pet-friendly tavern, allowing them to meet potential adopters through a comfortable environment.
The light burbling sound of water trickles over surrounding shelves of picture books, and inside a glowing tank wriggles hundreds of tiny fish with pink saccule bellies. They gather in clusters amongst the gravel, safe from the curious faces peeking in.
In a joint effort to enhance local ecology and engage the community, the City of Bellingham’s Parks and Recreation Department alongside partners Washington Native Plant Society and Whatcom Million Trees Project has organized a native plant restoration and tree planting event at the Galbraith Trailhead on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024.
With rent prices rising in downtown Bellingham, Endgame Bar & Restaurant is being forced to shut down. Endgame, located at 188 W. Holly St., will have its last day on Feb. 24.
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