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Nelson's Market customers enjoy their breakfasts at the bar seats and booths.
Community

Nelson’s Market owners want to run restaurant like good neighbors

A year in, preserving history and community are top of mind for 'stewards' of 129-old Bellingham establishment
Jan. 27, 2024 10:00 p.m.
Keynote speakers Isabella McFrazier and Brian Young sitting next to each other as Brian talks through the microphone and gestures with one hand.
Community

MLK Day celebration combines education and service

Black community leaders in Bellingham call for more representation, conversation
Jan. 15, 2024 4:54 p.m.
Checo Tohomaso points to the sky as he sings for a crowd.
Community

Ways to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

MLK Day service events in Whatcom and Skagit counties in 2024
Jan. 9, 2024 1:37 p.m.
Crowds of Padden Polar Dip participants dash into the cold water as many wait their turn.
Community

Taking the plunge: More than 150 people start 2024 with Padden Polar Dip

New Year's Day tradition brings community together with cold shock, lots of joy
Jan. 1, 2024 3:36 p.m.
The Terminal Building burned in a fire is taped off from the public.
Fire

Fundraisers to help Fairhaven fire victims exceed goals

Local efforts support employees, family struggling after Bellingham fire
Updated Dec. 28, 2023 8:27 a.m.
Flowers sit outside the burned Terminal Building in Fairhaven
Community

Bellingham community rallies around those impacted by Fairhaven fire

GoFundMe raises money for employees; locals collect gift cards, offer meals
Dec. 18, 2023 11:47 a.m.
Nazar Gamdysey stands in the gutted sanctuary from Bellingham's Ukrainian Evangelical Church wearing black attire and a black hoodie as they smile for the camera.
Community

Ukrainian church rebuilds sanctuary, board by board

Congregation members labor to fix church damaged by arson 2 years ago
Updated Dec. 14, 2023 12:09 p.m.
From left, Jewel Couture-Voyce, JD Conner and Evynn Parsons eat and chat at a red table with plastic plates, utensils, and drinks.
Community

Lighthouse Mission hosts 100th Thanksgiving meal

Hundreds feast on turkey, stuffing, pie
Nov. 23, 2023 5:30 p.m.
LGBTQ+ Western Director JoeHahn speaks at a Trans Day of Remembrance event in front of a large projector screen.
Community

Students, community members mark Trans Day of Remembrance

Event honored people lost in the U.S. this year to anti-transgender violence
Nov. 20, 2023 8:23 p.m.
Volunteers Buzz Hagshenas, Arlane Olson and Tamara Godbey sort through boxes of fresh produce and canned food.
Community

Where to donate in Whatcom, Skagit counties this season

Opportunities to give gifts, time, food, money and more in 2023
Nov. 6, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Brian Griffin, right, speaks to a crowd during the unveiling of a street sign near the Fairhaven Library as all attendees brave the rain by using umbrellas.
Community

Bellingham historian and visionary gets street named after him

'The community is different and better' because of Brian Griffin
Oct. 16, 2023 5:11 p.m.
Volunteer Nota Tsitsiragos
Community

Therapeutic center empowers riders for 30 years

Bellingham nonprofit offers adaptive horse riding lessons for people with disabilities
Sept. 17, 2023 5:00 a.m.

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