Bellingham News

Jessica Crook, 33, born and raised in Bellingham, is now head of Ballet Bellingham, which performs the classic Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7, 2013 at Mount Baker Theatre.

A mother, her three children and a male guest were at the Bellingham home when an unattended candle started a fire that claimed the guest's life.

There are two reasons why Belleville, Ontario, should have a special place in the minds of all Canadians.

Bellingham's annual Christmas tree lighting and Whatcom Museum's Lightcatcher galleries are featured during an evening of free downtown events that are part of the monthly Art Walk on Friday, Dec. 6. The tree will be lighted at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Depot Market Square, site of the Bellingham Farmers Market at Railroad Avenue and Maple Street, with ... (more)

The Friends of the Deming Library has provided the Deming community meeting room for artists to show their work for several years now.

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, I had a lengthy interview with Scott Walker, who steps down from the Port of Bellingham commission at the end of the month after 22 years in office.

Tribal treaty fishing rights give Washington tribes the opportunity to weigh in on, and even block, projects that could impact their fishing grounds.

The Paperboys, from Vancouver, B.C., will play an early show, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 at The Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St. The Paperboys are a Canadian folk music band from Vancouver that formed in 1991.

Three more applications for marijuana retailers in Whatcom County were filed in the last week, including one in Point Roberts and another along Guide Meridian north of Bellingham.

Whatcom County Public Works crews braced for nasty weather Monday night, Dec. 2, and although it was cold and windy, it wasn't nearly as bad as they expected.

Washington is the second state to adopt rules for the recreational sale of marijuana.

Lummi tribal council member Jay Julius points to an area of Cherry Point that was disturbed by Pacific International Terminals.

Chuckanut Brewery's head brewer, Bryan Cardwell, is going back to school. The brewery will host a special Brewers Night and Bon Voyage Party at the Copper Hog in Bellingham on Thursday, December 12. Bryan will travel to Berlin, Germany to attend a six-month intensive course at the VLB .

Rave to the City of Bellingham and Ram Construction for the Boulevard Street roundabout.

A Bellingham teen with a warrant for armed robbery was arrested this weekend prowling cars while wearing a red-and-white Santa hat, according to police.

There may be some snow, though little accumulation is expected in the lowlands. And there will be gusty winds and wind chills near zero Monday around Bellingham.

The third annual Abundance Swap, a kind of bartering garage sale for new or gently used items, is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. near H Street in the Lettered Streets neighborhood.

Substitute water for chicken stock for a vegetarian version of this soup, and leave out the heavy cream to go vegan or dairy-free.

About 40 city employees will be at work in the Federal Building at Cornwall Avenue and Magnolia Street by the end of 2014, after the building's interior gets about $2 million worth of upgrades.

Members of The Church at Bakerview in Bellingham scrape and paint the outside of Hope House, a ministry that helps out single moms, their children and homeless people.