Bellingham News

Poet Matthew Brouwer will read from his works at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall building, Rotunda Room, 121 Prospect St. in Bellingham.

Despite originally being expected to miss the entire 2014 International Basketball League season due to an overseas playing commitment, guard Rico Wilkins has returned to the Bellingham Slam and will suit up for the team this year.

Carl Cozier Elementary fourth-graders Fisher Busby 10, left, Audric Baptista, 10, and Jude Brown, 10, pick up trash with their classmates behind the Sportsplex building in the neighborhood around their school in Bellingham on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

In celebration of poetry this month, Village Books will feature five published local poets as part of SpeakEasy's "String Theory" event at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Local authors Luther Allen, Allen Frost, Nancy Pagh, Paul Piper, and Sheila Sondik will "string" poems together based on some common element from the ... (more)

The average price for a gallon of gas was $3.95 on Monday, April 21, in the Bellingham metro area.

Joel Shumate, chef at Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen, participates in the Bellingham Farmers Market "Chef at the Market" demonstration in August 2013 at Depot Market Square.

Linda Greenlaw, author of "Life-Saving Lessons: Notes from an Accidental Mother," is a guest on The Chuckanut Radio Hour Friday, April 25. The Radio Hour is staged at Whatcom Community College's Heiner Center Theater, 231 W. Kellogg Road in Bellingham.

Bellingham's girls' tennis team battled to a 5-2 win over Sedro-Wooley in a Northwest Conference match on Monday, April 21, at Sedro-Woolley.

Dustyn Bull, left, and Dylan Evanger, right, of Ridgeline Builders work on installing siding on a new apartment complex, Thursday, April 17, 2014 1000 block of Railroad Avenue.

Dustyn Bull, left, and Dylan Evanger, right, of Ridgeline Builders work on installing siding on a new apartment complex, Thursday, April 17, 2014 1000 block of Railroad Avenue.

The kids of Washington state have voted and Bellingham author Royce Buckingham has won top honors for his spooky book "The Dead Boys."

The kids of Washington state have voted and Bellingham author Royce Buckingham has won top honors for his spooky book "The Dead Boys."

This was the scene during an Earth Day event at Western Washington University on Saturday.

Bellingham resident, Django Holt, walks a highline along Taylor Dock above Bellingham Bay, Friday, April 18, 2014, in Belingham.

Arlo Guthrie, touring with his family in spirited musical tribute to his father Woody's centennial, brings "Here Come the Kid " at 8 p.m. Friday, April 25, at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. in Bellingham.

The light green areas in this map show the almost 9,000 acres around Lake Whatcom that will be converted into parkland after the Whatcom County Council voted 5-2 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 to "reconvey" the land from the state, which was managing it for timber harvesting.

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Abi Wibbens and Yumi Yoshinaga at Westlake Mall on a July 25, 2013, trip to Seattle with Compass USA exchange program.

When the big boat toots its horn at 6 p.m. on a Friday night and sets sail for Alaska, you know you're in a special place.

Marvin and Penny Wilson Marvin and Penny Wilson met as students at WWU and married April 5, 1964 in Seattle.